The difference between Anchor and Bog down

When used as verbs, anchor means to connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point, whereas bog down means to become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.


Anchor is also noun with the meaning: a tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

check bellow for the other definitions of Anchor and Bog down

  1. Anchor as a noun (nautical):

    A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

  2. Anchor as a noun (nautical):

    An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).

  3. Anchor as a noun (nautical):

    The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

  4. Anchor as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

  5. Anchor as a noun:

    Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

  6. Anchor as a noun (Internet):

    A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.

  7. Anchor as a noun (television):

    An anchorman or anchorwoman.

  8. Anchor as a noun (athletics):

    The final runner in a relay race.

  9. Anchor as a noun (archery):

    A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.

  10. Anchor as a noun (economics):

    A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.

  11. Anchor as a noun (figurative):

    That which gives stability or security.

  12. Anchor as a noun (architecture):

    A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

  13. Anchor as a noun (architecture):

    Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

  14. Anchor as a noun:

    One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.

  15. Anchor as a noun:

    One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

  16. Anchor as a noun (cartomancy):

    The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.

  17. Anchor as a noun (obsolete):

    An anchorite or anchoress.

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  1. Anchor as a verb:

    To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

  2. Anchor as a verb:

    To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

    Examples:

    "Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."

  3. Anchor as a verb:

    To stop; to fix or rest.

  4. Anchor as a verb:

    To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

  5. Anchor as a verb:

    To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

  6. Anchor as a verb:

    To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

  1. Bog down as a verb (intransitive):

    To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.

  2. Bog down as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.