Swamp vs. Pond

Swampnoun

A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.

Swampnoun

A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.

Swampverb

To drench or fill with water.

Swampverb

To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

Swampverb

(figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Swampnoun

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

Swampverb

To plunge or sink into a swamp.

Swampverb

To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Swampverb

Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Swampverb

To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

Swampverb

To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

Swampnoun

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

Swampnoun

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables;

Swampverb

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged;

Swampverb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;

Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in creating this environment.

Pondnoun

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

Pondnoun

An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

Pondnoun

(colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.

Pondverb

(transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.

Pondverb

(transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.

Pondverb

(intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.

Pondverb

To ponder.

Pondnoun

A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.

Pondverb

To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.

Pondverb

To ponder.

Pondnoun

a small lake;

Pond

A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Ponds can be created by a wide variety of natural processes (e.g.