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Desolation vs Loneliness - What's the difference?

desolation | loneliness |

As nouns the difference between desolation and loneliness

is that desolation is desolation while loneliness is a feeling of depression resulting from being alone.

desolation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  • The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness]]; destitution; [[gloom, gloominess.
  • A place or country wasted and forsaken.
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    loneliness

    English

    (wikipedia loneliness)

    Noun

  • A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
  • The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
  • The state of being unfrequented.
    • the loneliness of a road
  • (obsolete) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
    • I see / The mystery of your loneliness . — Shakespeare.

    See also

    * solitude