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Wetland vs Dessert - What's the difference?

wetland | dessert |

As nouns the difference between wetland and dessert

is that wetland is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas while dessert is (label) dessert, pudding.

wetland

Noun

(en noun)
  • Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
  • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands , lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}

    Usage notes

    The plural form is more commonly used.

    Hyponyms

    * bog * fen * marsh * mire * swamp

    dessert

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
  • Synonyms

    * (sweet final course of a meal) afters (UK informal ), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

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