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Arid vs Untilled - What's the difference?

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Arid is a related term of untilled.


As adjectives the difference between arid and untilled

is that arid is very dry while untilled is of land, having not been tilled.

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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    untilled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of land, having not been tilled.
    • Spring was upon us and the ground remained untilled .
  • *1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
  • *:The Emerald City was soon left far behind. As they advanced the ground became rougher and hillier, for there were no farms nor houses in this country of the West, and the ground was untilled .