different between adversity vs quagmire

English

Etymology

From Old French adversité, from Latin adversit?tem, the accusative singular of adversit?s, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advert? (“I turn toward”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æd?v?.s?.ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æd?v??.s?.ti/
• Hyphenation: ad?ver?si?ty

Noun

adversity (usually uncountable, plural adversities)

1. (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
2. (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.

Synonyms

• nakba

Antonyms

• (adverse event): fortuity

Related terms

• adverse
• adversely

Translations

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1579, from quag +? mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.

Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??.ma??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kwæ?.ma???/
• Hyphenation: quag?mire

Noun

quagmire (plural quagmires)

1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.

   Synonyms: marsh, marshland, mire, quag
2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

Translations

Verb

quagmire (third-person singular simple present quagmires, present participle quagmiring, simple past and past participle quagmired)

1. (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

References

• quagmire at OneLook Dictionary Search.