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deficiency vs drop in the bucket

drop in the bucket vs deficiency

deficiency and drop in the bucket both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deficiency Yes No No No
drop in the bucket Yes No No No
As nouns, drop in the bucket is a hyponym of deficiency; that is, drop in the bucket is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deficiency:
  • deficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • drop in the bucket: an effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
Other hyponyms of deficiency include exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, deficit, shortage, shortfall, scarceness, scarcity, slenderness, drop in the ocean.
deficiency (noun) drop in the bucket (noun)
lack of an adequate quantity or number an effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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