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Arable vs Arid - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between arable and arid

is that arable is able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with {{term|pasturable}} lands such as heaths) while arid is very dry.

arable

English

(arable land)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with (pasturable) lands such as heaths).
  • *
    • And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land
  • Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with (permanent)ly-cropped lands such as orchards).

    • 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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