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Desi vs Desk - What's the difference?

desi | desk |

As verbs the difference between desi and desk

is that desi is while desk is to shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

As a noun desk is

a table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use of writers and readers it often has a drawer or repository underneath.

desi

English

(Desi)

Alternative forms

* desi

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of India; Indian.
  • Usage notes

    * For South Asians abroad, it has become a term that mainly identifies other fellow Indians. *: e.g. : Desi food refers to South Asian food like rice, daal, chappati etc. * Desi dance can refer to the popular dances in the movies to Punjabi dance, bhangra to classical dances like Bharathnatya, Kuchipudi etc.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the South Asian diaspora.
  • * 2011 August, Shagorika Easwar, "Hello ji!" (editor's column), Desi News (Canada), vol. 15, issue 8, p. 8:
  • Desis from the United States have an accent; those from Canada, another.

    Anagrams

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    desk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia desk)
  • A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
  • Hypernyms

    * furniture

    Coordinate terms

    * chair

    Derived terms

    * cash desk * desk job * front desk * reception desk * Resolute desk

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.