區別：desert都是['dezEt]，重音在前面，而dessert是飯後吃的甜品，重音在後面[di'zE:t]。而且兩個單詞第壹個e發音不同。
desert和dessert區分方法:從含義、詞性及用法上來區分。desert可作名詞和動詞兩種詞性，基本含義有“沙漠、荒原、拋棄、舍棄、逃走、開小差”; dessert只作名詞，含義為“飯後甜點、甜食”。
desert的中文含義及用法介紹：
1、作為名詞時，意為沙漠;荒漠;荒原。例句: Somalia is mostly desert.索馬裏大部分地區都是荒漠。
They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete...他們居住的地方是坐落於壹片鋼筋水泥叢林中的12棟高層公寓樓。
The wind blew in from the desert and covered everything with sand.風從沙漠那邊吹來，把壹切都蒙上了壹層沙子。
He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.他也想用這些水灌溉荒漠。
2、作為動詞時，意為拋棄，離棄，遺棄(某人);舍棄，離棄(某地方);擅離(部隊);逃走;開小差。例句: She was deserted by her husband.
她被丈夫遺棄了。
The owl seems to have deserted its nest.這只貓頭鷹似乎不要這個窩了。
Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.