Delta vs Desert - What's the difference?
delta | desert |
The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet .
A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
(mathematics) The symbol .
(computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
(computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
(surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
(senseid)(usually in plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
* 1600 , (John Dowland), (Flow My Tears)
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
* A. Hamilton
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= (label) Any barren place or situation.
* 1858 , William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria (page 54)
* 2006 , Philip N. Cooke, Creative Industries in Wales: Potential and Pitfalls (page 34)
Abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited; usually of a place.
* Bible, Luke ix. 10
* Gray
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
As nouns the difference between delta and desert
is that delta is the fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ while desert is (deserved) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.As a proper noun Delta
is a CDP in Alabama.As an acronym DELTA
is Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, an advanced qualification to teach English, higher than the CELTA, accredited by the University of Cambridge.As an adjective desert is
abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited; usually of a place.As a verb desert is
to leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.delta
English
(wikipedia delta)Noun
(en noun)- This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta .
- When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas .
Derived terms
* delta connection * delta iron * delta metal * delta particle * delta wingSee also
* deltoid *Anagrams
* * * ----desert
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) from the (etyl) deserte, fromNoun
(en noun)- From the highest spire of contentment / my fortune is thrown; / and fear and grief and pain for my deserts / are my hopes, since hope is gone.
- "Nonsense, Mina. It is a shame to me to hear such a word. I would not hear it of you. And I shall not hear it from you. May God judge me by my deserts , and punish me with more bitter suffering than even this hour, if by any act or will of mine anything ever come between us!"
- His reputation falls far below his desert .
Derived terms
* just desertsEtymology 2
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, / A dreary desert and a gloomy waste.
The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
- He declared that the country was an intellectual desert ; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.
- So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant?
Adjective
(-)- They were marooned on a desert island in the Pacific.
- He went aside privately into a desert place.
- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Derived terms
* desert boot * desert island * desert lynx * desert pavement * desert pea * desert rat * desert soil * desert varnish * desertification * food desert * preach in the desertEtymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- You can't just drive off and desert me here, in the middle of nowhere.
- Anyone found deserting will be shot.
