different between devoid vs derth

English

Etymology

From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??v??d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Adjective

devoid (not comparable)

1. Completely without; having none of.

   Synonyms: empty, vacant

Derived terms

• devoidness

Translations

Verb

devoid (third-person singular simple present devoids, present participle devoiding, simple past and past participle devoided)

1. (obsolete) To empty out; to remove.

   The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

Anagrams

• voddie, voided

English

Noun

derth

1. Obsolete spelling of dearth

Anagrams

• thred

Middle English

Alternative forms

• derthe, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe

Etymology

From West Saxon Old English *d?erþ, *d?erþu and Anglian Old English *d?orþ, *d?orþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþ?; equivalent to dere +? -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?r?(?)/, /?dir?(?)/
• (Late ME also) IPA^(key): /?dar?(?)/

Noun

derth (uncountable)

1. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
2. (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply (of a specified thing)
3. (rare) Amazingness, success, magnificence.

Descendants

• English: dearth
• Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart

References

• “derth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-30.