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Oasis vs Shelter - What's the difference?

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Oasis is a synonym of shelter.


As a proper noun oasis

is the great oasis of thebes, a string of oases in the (libyan desert) where the roman empire would send its criminals, the location of the modern (dakhla oasis) and (kharga oasis).

As a noun shelter is

a refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

As a verb shelter is

to provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

oasis

English

(wikipedia oasis)

Noun

(oases)
  • A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , chapter=7, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=It was the Lost Oasis', the '''Oasis''' of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost ' Oasis was the Found!}}
  • A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

    • Synonyms

    * (quiet place or situation) island, refuge

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    shelter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=7 citation , passage=The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.}}
  • An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.

    • Derived terms

    * bus shelter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
  • * Dryden
    • Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
  • * Southey
    • You have no convents in which such persons may be received and sheltered .
  • To take cover.
    • During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.