Deserts vs Oasis - What's the difference?
deserts | oasis |
* 1891 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=7, title= A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
As nouns the difference between deserts and oasis
is that deserts is plural of desert while oasis is a spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.deserts
English
Noun
(head)- On the inspector of the constabulary informing him that he was a prisoner, he remarked that he was not surprised to hear it, and that it was no more than his deserts .
Anagrams
* ----oasis
English
(wikipedia oasis)Noun
(oases)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=It was the Lost Oasis', the '''Oasis''' of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost ' Oasis was the Found!}}