failing vs insufficiency
insufficiency vs failingfailing and insufficiency both are nouns.
failing is an adjective but insufficiency is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| failing | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| insufficiency | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
insufficiency is a hyponym of
failing; that is, insufficiency is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
failing:
- failing: a flaw or weak point
- insufficiency: a lack of competence
| failing (noun) | insufficiency (noun) |
|---|---|
| failure to reach a minimum required performance | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
| a flaw or weak point | (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally |
| a lack of competence |
| failing (adjective) | insufficiency (adjective) |
|---|---|
| below acceptable in performance |
Words related to "failing"
Words related to "insufficiency"
- amount
- cardiac insufficiency
- coronary insufficiency
- deficiency
- deficit
- drop in the bucket
- drop in the ocean
- exiguity
- failing
- inability
- inadequacy
- insufficient
- leanness
- meagerness
- meagreness
- pathology
- poorness
- scantiness
- scantness
- scarceness
- scarcity
- shortage
- shortfall
- slenderness
- sufficiency
- unfitness
- weakness
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