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amount vs deficiency

deficiency vs amount

amount and deficiency both are nouns.

amount is a verb but deficiency is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
amount Yes No Yes No
deficiency Yes No No No
As nouns, deficiency is a hyponym of amount; that is, deficiency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amount:
  • amount: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
  • deficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number
Other hyponyms of amount include positiveness, positivity, negativeness, negativity, critical mass, quantity, increase, increment, decrease, decrement, smallness, inadequacy, insufficiency, margin, figure, number.
amount (noun) deficiency (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify lack of an adequate quantity or number
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
a quantity of money
amount (verb) deficiency (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality
add up in number or quantity
be tantamount or equivalent to
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