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Aerate vs Arid - What's the difference?

aerate | arid |

As a verb aerate

is to supply oxygen or air.

As an adjective arid is

very dry.

aerate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To supply oxygen or air.
  • Derived terms

    * aeration * aerator

    arid

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj) (wikipedia arid)
  • Very dry.
  • Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  • Devoid of value.
  • Quotations

    * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37 *: Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.

    See also

    * semiarid

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