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Desertification vs Drought - What's the difference?

desertification | drought |

As nouns the difference between desertification and drought

is that desertification is desertification while drought is a period of below average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

desertification

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia desertification)
  • Process by which a geographic region becomes a desert. The change may result from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

    • drought

    English

    Alternative forms

    * drouth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A period of below average rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought , and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.