Desolate vs Depress - What's the difference?
desolate | depress | Synonyms |
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
* Bible, Jer. ix. 11
* Tennyson
Barren and lifeless.
Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
Dismal or dreary.
Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
* Keble
To deprive of inhabitants.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
To press down.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
(math) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
Desolate is a synonym of depress.
As verbs the difference between desolate and depress
is that desolate is to deprive of inhabitants while depress is to press down.As an adjective desolate
is deserted and devoid of inhabitants.desolate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a desolate''' isle; a '''desolate''' wilderness; a '''desolate house
- I will make Jerusalem a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate , without an inhabitant.
- And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among.
- desolate altars
- He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
- voice of the poor and desolate
Verb
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English
Verb
(es)- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- Winter depresses me.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.