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Receding vs Desolation - What's the difference?

receding | desolation |

As nouns the difference between receding and desolation

is that receding is the action of something that recedes while desolation is desolation.

As a verb receding

is .

receding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of something that recedes.
  • * 1829 , Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler (page 205)
    • the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

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    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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