deficit vs insufficiency

insufficiency vs deficit

deficit and insufficiency both are nouns.

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

As nouns, insufficiency is a hypernym of deficit; that is, insufficiency is a word with a broader meaning than deficit:

deficit: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
insufficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number

Other hypernyms of deficit include deficiency, inadequacy.

deficit (noun)	insufficiency (noun)
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required	lack of an adequate quantity or number
an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)	(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing	a lack of competence
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

Difference between deficit and insufficiency

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