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Desiccate vs. Exsiccate — What's the Difference?

Desiccate vs. Exsiccate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Desiccate and Exsiccate

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Desiccate

Remove the moisture from (something), typically in order to preserve it
Desiccated coconut

Exsiccate

To dry up or cause to dry up.

Desiccate

Lacking interest, passion, or energy
A desiccated history of ideas

Exsiccate

(transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.

Desiccate

To dry out thoroughly.
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Exsiccate

To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.

Desiccate

To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture.

Desiccate

To make dry, dull, or lifeless
"Stalinism desiccated the grassroots of urban government" (Timothy J. Colton).

Desiccate

To become dry; dry out.

Desiccate

Lacking spirit or animation; arid
"There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).

Desiccate

(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry.

Desiccate

(transitive) To preserve by drying.

Desiccate

To become dry; to dry up.

Desiccate

Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.

Desiccate

A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.

Desiccate

To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Bodies desiccated by heat or age.

Desiccate

To become dry.

Desiccate

Preserve by removing all water and liquids from;
Carry dehydrated food on your camping trip

Desiccate

Remove water from;
All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me

Desiccate

Lose water or moisture;
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly

Desiccate

Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
A technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
A desiccate romance
A prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery

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