Marshy vs. Swale
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Difference Between Marshy and Swale
Marshyadjective
Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
the marshy nature of the groundSwalenoun
A low tract of moist or marshy land.
Marshyadjective
Growing in marshy ground.
Swalenoun
A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
Marshyadjective
(of soil) soft and watery;
the ground was boggy under foota marshy coastlinemiry roadswet mucky lowlandmuddy barnyardquaggy terrainthe sloughy edge of the pondswampy bayousSwalenoun
A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
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Swalenoun
A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
Swalenoun
A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil.
Swalenoun
A gutter in a candle.
Swaleverb
alternative form of sweal|nodot=yes(melt and waste away, or singe)
