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Withered vs Parched - What's the difference?

withered | parched |

As adjectives the difference between withered and parched

is that withered is shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water while parched is dry.

As verbs the difference between withered and parched

is that withered is past tense of wither while parched is past tense of parch.

withered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (wither)

    • parched

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Dry.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=8 citation , passage=I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched . I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit.}}
  • Thirsty.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (parch)