Forsaken vs Desolate - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between forsaken and desolate

is that forsaken is deserted; abandoned while desolate is deserted and devoid of inhabitants.

is that forsaken is past participle of lang=en while desolate is to deprive of inhabitants.

(en adjective)

Deserted; abandoned

Helpless

* forsakenly * forsakenness * God forsaken * God-forsaken * Godforsaken * god forsaken * god-forsaken * godforsaken

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(en adjective)

Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.

a desolate''' isle; a '''desolate''' wilderness; a '''desolate house

* Bible, Jer. ix. 11

I will make Jerusalem a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate , without an inhabitant.

* Tennyson

And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among.

Barren and lifeless.

Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.

desolate altars

Dismal or dreary.

Sad, forlorn and hopeless.

He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.

* Keble

voice of the poor and desolate

(desolat)

To deprive of inhabitants.

To devastate or lay waste somewhere.

To abandon or forsake something.

To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

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