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Fertile vs Arid - What's the difference?

fertile | arid |

As adjectives the difference between fertile and arid

is that fertile is capable of growing abundant crops; productive while arid is very dry.

fertile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
  • (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
  • (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
  • (of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * barren * infertile

    arid

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj) (wikipedia arid)
  • Very dry.
  • Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  • Devoid of value.
  • Quotations

    * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37 *: Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.

    See also

    * semiarid

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