Wasteland vs. Desolation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wasteland and Desolation
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Wasteland
Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.
Desolation
The act or an instance of desolating.
Wasteland
Something that is lacking in intellectual or cultural substance
A critic who considers pop music a cultural wasteland.
Desolation
The state of being desolate.
Wasteland
A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.
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Desolation
Devastation; ruin
A drought that brought desolation to the region.
Wasteland
Any barren or uninteresting place.
After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland.
Desolation
The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness
A sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.
Wasteland
A devastated, uninhabitable area.
Desolation
Wretchedness; misery.
Wasteland
An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
The barrens of central Africa
The trackless wastes of the desert
Desolation
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Desolation
The state of being desolated or laid waste
Desolation
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Desolation
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Desolation
The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into desolation.
Desolation
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
How is Babylon become a desolation!
Desolation
The state of being decayed or destroyed
Desolation
A bleak and desolate atmosphere
Desolation
Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Desolation
An event that results in total destruction
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