Inundate vs Desiccate - What's the difference?
inundate | desiccate |
To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
To overwhelm.
to dry
* Francis Bacon
to preserve by drying
As verbs the difference between inundate and desiccate
is that inundate is to cover with large amounts of water; to flood while desiccate is to dry.inundate
English
Verb
(inundat)- The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.
- The agency was inundated with phone calls.
Synonyms
* (to cover with water) deluge, flood, beflood * (to overwhelm) deluge, flood, beflooddesiccate
English
Verb
(desiccat)- Bodies desiccated by heat or age.
