dessert vs desert
Definitions
noun
- a dish served as the last course of a meal
Examples
Freshly baked apple pie makes a tasty dessert.
There are even a couple of creamy comforting Iberian desserts for afters.
He also has a deft touch with desserts: The baklava and kadayif are subtle, less sweet and honey-drenched than most.
Definitions
verb
- leave behind
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
- arid land with little or no vegetation
Examples
The lizard's light brown skin acts as camouflage in the desert sand.
The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.
Fifty years on and technology seems to have leapt on by generations as you see the mushroom shaped cloud of the first nuclear test bomb rising high above the New Mexico desert.
