Desolated vs Bereft - What's the difference?
desolated | bereft |
(desolate)
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.
(bereave)
(of a person) pained by the loss of someone
* '>citation
deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Macc Tel-Aviv 1–2 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
* {{quote-book, passage=And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. ¶ So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch;
, title=(Ballads of a Cheechako)
, chapter=(The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike)
, author=Robert W. Service
, year=1909}}
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As verbs the difference between desolated and bereft
is that desolated is (desolate) while bereft is (bereave).As an adjective bereft is
(of a person) pained by the loss of someone.desolated
English
Verb
(head)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
(head)- bereft of strength – powerless
- bereft of gorm – in Yorkshire dialect – mindless one, idiot = gormless
Adjective
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- Mr. Praline:
' E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!