resist vs desert

resist is not a noun while desert is a noun.

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

resist (noun)	desert (noun)
	arid land with little or no vegetation
	(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

resist (verb)	desert (verb)
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
withstand the force of something	leave behind
refuse to comply	desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
express opposition through action or words
elude, especially in a baffling way
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ