desert vs strand

strand vs desert

desert and strand both are nouns.

desert and strand both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desert	Yes	No	Yes	No
strand	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, strand is a hyponym of desert; that is, strand is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than desert:

desert: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
strand: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

Other hyponyms of desert include expose, walk out, ditch, maroon.

desert (noun)	strand (noun)
arid land with little or no vegetation	a necklace made by stringing objects together
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment	line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
	a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
	a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
	a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

desert (verb)	strand (verb)
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch	bring to the ground
leave behind	drive (a vessel) ashore
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army	leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

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