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desert vs ditch

ditch vs desert

desert and ditch both are nouns.

desert and ditch both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
desert Yes No Yes No
ditch Yes No Yes No
As verbs, ditch is a hyponym of desert; that is, ditch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than desert:
  • desert: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  • ditch: forsake
Other hyponyms of desert include expose, walk out, maroon, strand.
desert (noun) ditch (noun)
arid land with little or no vegetation a long narrow excavation in the earth
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment any small natural waterway
desert (verb) ditch (verb)
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch crash or crash-land
leave behind cut a trench in, as for drainage
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army make an emergency landing on water
forsake
throw away
sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
Difference between desert and ditch

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