scorched vs adust

scorched and adust both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scorched	No	Yes	No	No
adust	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, scorched and adust are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of scorched include baked, parched, sunbaked.

scorched (adjective)	adust (adjective)
having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy	burned brown by the sun
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight	dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight