amount vs insufficiency

amount and insufficiency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No
insufficiency	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, insufficiency is a hyponym of amount; that is, insufficiency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amount:

amount (noun)	insufficiency (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	(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	a lack of competence
a quantity of money

amount (verb)	insufficiency (verb)
to measure up to in kind or quality
add up in number or quantity
be tantamount or equivalent to