Bogy vs. Boggy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bogy and Boggy
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Definitions
Bogy
Bogy (French pronunciation: [bɔʒi]; Occitan: Bògi) is a commune of the Ardèche department in southern France.
Boggy
An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow.
Bogy
One of several wheels or supporting and aligning rollers inside the tread of a tractor or tank.
Boggy
Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog.
Bogy
Chiefly British See truck.
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Boggy
An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.
Bogy
Variant of bogey.
Boggy
Chiefly British Slang A restroom or toilet.
Bogy
Variant of bogie1.
Boggy
To cause to sink in a bog
The bus got bogged down in the muddy road.
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Bogy
(also bgē, bgē) An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.
Boggy
To hinder or slow
The project got bogged down in haggling about procedures.
Bogy
(also bgē, bgē) A cause of annoyance or harassment.
Boggy
To be hindered and slowed.
Bogy
A golf score of one stroke over par.
Boggy
Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.
Bogy
Chiefly British The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.
Boggy
Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.
Bogy
(Slang) An unidentified flying aircraft.
Boggy
(of soil) soft and watery;
The ground was boggy under foot
A marshy coastline
Miry roads
Wet mucky lowland
Muddy barnyard
Quaggy terrain
The sloughy edge of the pond
Swampy bayous
Bogy
(Slang) A detective or police officer.
Bogy
Chiefly British Slang A piece of dried or semisolid nasal mucus; a booger.
Bogy
To play (a hole in golf) scoring one stroke over par.
Bogy
Alternative form of bogey
Bogy
Alternative form of bogie
Bogy
A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear.
There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages.
Bogy
An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
Bogy
An evil spirit