strand vs desert

desert vs strand

strand and desert both are nouns.

strand and desert both are verbs.

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

As verbs, desert is a hypernym of strand; that is, desert is a word with a broader meaning than strand:

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

Other hypernyms of strand include abandon, desolate, forsake.

strand (noun)	desert (noun)
a necklace made by stringing objects together	arid land with little or no vegetation
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable	(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
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

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

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