Arid vs Deserted - What's the difference?

arid | deserted |


As adjectives the difference between arid and deserted

is that arid is very dry while deserted is abandoned.

As a verb deserted is

past tense of desert.

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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    deserted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (desert)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • abandoned
  • desolate