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 homophones.
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning.

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Have you ever been in a desert?
Have you ever deserted someone?
What is your favourite dessert?