Quicksand vs. Mud

Quicksandnoun

Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts

Quicksandnoun

Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically

Quicksandnoun

Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.

Quicksandnoun

a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

Quicksandnoun

a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

Quicksandnoun

loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it

Quicksandnoun

a bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape

Quicksand

Quicksand is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. Quicksand forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated.

Mudnoun

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

Mudnoun

A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.

Mudnoun

(construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.

Mudnoun

(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

Mudnoun

(slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.

Mudnoun

stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex

Mudnoun

(geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Mudnoun

A black person.

Mudverb

(transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).

Mudverb

(transitive) To make turbid.

Mudverb

To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.

Mudnoun

Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

Mudverb

To bury in mud.

Mudverb

To make muddy or turbid.

Mudnoun

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

Mudnoun

slanderous remarks or charges

Mudverb

soil with mud, muck, or mire;

Mudverb

plaster with mud

Mudnoun

a computer-based text or virtual reality game which several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.

Mud

Mud is soil, loam, silt or clay mixed with water. It usually forms after rainfall or near water sources.