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deficiency vs scantiness

scantiness vs deficiency

deficiency and scantiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deficiency Yes No No No
scantiness Yes No No No
As nouns, scantiness is a hyponym of deficiency; that is, scantiness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deficiency:
  • deficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • scantiness: the quality of being meager
deficiency (noun) scantiness (noun)
lack of an adequate quantity or number the quality of being meager
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing.
Difference between deficiency and scantiness

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