Difference between Thirsty and Dry

What is the difference between Thirsty and Dry?

Thirsty as an adjective is needing to drink. while Dry as an adjective is free from liquid or moisture.

Thirsty

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Needing to drink. Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink. Having a physical demand for satiation of basic needs. Craving for something. Having a deeply felt need for psychological attainment.

Example sentence: Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

Dry

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lose moisture.To remove moisture from.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Free from liquid or moisture.Free of water in any state; anhydrousMaintaining temperance; void or abstinent from alcoholic beverages.Of an alcoholic drink that is not sweet, and /or has a high alcohol content.Subtly humorous.Not working with chemical or biological matter, but, rather, doing computations.

Example sentence: Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect. I kind of want to know what happened there because we're twirling knobs here on Earth without knowing the consequences of it. Mars once had running water. It's bone dry today. Something bad happened there as well.

We hope you now know whether to use Thirsty or Dry in your sentence.

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