different between desert vs saltbush
desert
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English desert, deseert, from Old French deserte, from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin d?servi? (“to gain or merit by giving service”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??z?t/, /d??z?t/
- Homophone: dessert
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Noun
desert (plural deserts)
- (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
- 1600, John Dowland, Flow My Tears
- From the highest spire of contentment / my fortune is thrown; / and fear and grief and pain for my deserts / are my hopes, since hope is gone.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 17:
- Who will believe my verse in time to come,
- If it were fill'd with your most high deserts?
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- "Nonsense, Mina. It is a shame to me to hear such a word. I would not hear it of you. And I shall not hear it from you. May God judge me by my deserts, and punish me with more bitter suffering than even this hour, if by any act or will of mine anything ever come between us!"
- July 4, 1789, Alexander Hamilton, Eulogium on Major-General Greene
- His reputation falls far below his desert.
- 1971 John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
- "It is true that certain common sense precepts of justice, particularly those which concern the protection of liberties and rights, or which express the claims of desert, seem to contradict this contention."
- 1600, John Dowland, Flow My Tears
Usage notes
Sometimes confused with dessert, especially in set phrases such as just deserts.
Derived terms
- just deserts
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin d?sertum, past participle of d?ser? (“to abandon”). Displaced native Old English w?sten.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z?t/
- (General American) enPR: d?'z?(r)t, IPA(key): /?d?z?t/
Noun
desert (countable and uncountable, plural deserts)
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
- 1858, William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria (page 54)
- He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.
- 2006, Philip N. Cooke, Creative Industries in Wales: Potential and Pitfalls (page 34)
- So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant?
- 1858, William Howitt, Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria (page 54)
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
desert (not comparable)
- Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Luke ix. 10
- He […] went aside privately into a desert place.
- 1750, Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", Stanza 14:
- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Luke ix. 10
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French déserter, from Late Latin desert?, from Latin desertus, from deser? (“abandon”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??z?t/, /d??z?t/
Verb
desert (third-person singular simple present deserts, present participle deserting, simple past and past participle deserted)
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Deters, deters, rested
Catalan
Etymology
First attested 14th century. From Latin d?sertum, possibly a semi-learned term.
Noun
desert m (plural deserts)
- desert (desolate terrain)
Further reading
- “desert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “desert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “desert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
Friulian
Alternative forms
- disiert
Etymology
From Latin d?sertum (in this form possibly a semi-learned term; cf. the variant form).
Noun
desert m (plural deserts)
- desert
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French deserte (“deserved”), from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin d?servi? (“to gain or merit by giving service”).
Alternative forms
- deserte, deseert, desserte, decert, decerte, disert, dissert, dyssert
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???z?rt/, /d??z?rt/, /-s?rt/
Noun
desert (plural desertes)
- The situation of deserving something.
- That which is deserved or merited; desert.
- An action or deed which invites or prompts judgement.
- worth, virtuousness, benefit; that which is good.
Descendants
- English: desert
References
- “d??sert, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “desert, n.1.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1895
Etymology 2
From Old French desert, from Latin d?sertum, past participle of d?ser? (“to abandon”).
Alternative forms
- deserte, deseert, desarte, decert, disert, diserte, dysserte, dezert, deserd
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?z?rt/, /d??z?rt/, /d??-/, /-s?rt/, /-art/
Noun
desert (plural desertes)
- wilderness (unpopulated, bare land)
Descendants
- English: desert
- Scots: desert
References
- “d??sert, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adjective
desert
- (of places) barren, wild
- (usually of places) deserted, abandoned
Descendants
- English: desert
References
- “d??sert, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French desert.
Noun
desert m (plural desers)
- desert (desolate terrain)
Descendants
- French: désert
Old French
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin d?sertum.
Noun
desert m (oblique plural deserz or desertz, nominative singular deserz or desertz, nominative plural desert)
- desert (desolate terrain)
Descendants
- Middle French: desert
- French: désert
Romanian
Etymology
From French dessert.
Noun
desert n (plural deserturi)
- dessert
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French dessert.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?sert/
- Hyphenation: de?sert
Noun
dèsert m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- dessert
Declension
Antonyms
- predjelo
References
- “desert” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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saltbush
English
Etymology
From salt +? bush.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?ltb??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??lt?b??/
Noun
saltbush (countable and uncountable, plural saltbushes)
- Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
- 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 4:
- The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 186:
- The blasting music, not reduced one notch, continues to flow beautifully into the static of the surrounding saltbush, conveying the aura of the religiously apiritual in all worlds.
- 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 4:
Synonyms
- orach
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