タグ homophones

Desert the dessert in the desert! Desert can be a verb and a noun though with two completely different meanings. To Desert means to leave without intending to return. It can also mean to abandon. A Desert is a dry place which receives very little rainfall. The verb is pronounced with the stress on ‘sert’- desert The noun is pronounced with the emphasis on ‘de’- desert. To make things more complicated there is a word dessert, which is a noun with another meaning. Dessert is a synonym of pudding, or a sweet meal eaten after dinner. It’s pronounced the same as the verb To Desert! Dessert and To Desert are […]