different between tussock vs muskeg

tussock

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk +? -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German z?sach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German z?se (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).

Pronunciation

(UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?t?s.?k/

Noun

tussock (plural tussocks)

A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.

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muskeg

English

Etymology

From Cree ???? (maskek).

Pronunciation

(Canada) IPA^(key): /?m?ske?/
(UK) IPA^(key): /?m?sk??/

Noun

muskeg (countable and uncountable, plural muskegs)

(Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
- 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter 2005, p. 2:
  Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs.

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tussock

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muskeg

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