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Arid vs Desiccate - What's the difference?

arid | desiccate |

As an adjective arid

is very dry.

As a verb desiccate is

to dry.

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

    Anagrams

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    desiccate

    English

    Verb

    (desiccat)
  • to dry
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Bodies desiccated by heat or age.
  • to preserve by drying

    • Synonyms

    * to dry: dehydrate, parch

    Antonyms

    * to dry: moisten, moisturize, wet

    Related terms

    * desiccant * desiccation * desiccative * desiccator