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insufficiency vs deficit

deficit vs insufficiency

insufficiency and deficit both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
insufficiency Yes No No No
deficit Yes No No No
As nouns, deficit is a hyponym of insufficiency; that is, deficit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than insufficiency:
  • insufficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • deficit: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Other hyponyms of insufficiency include exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, shortage, shortfall, scarceness, scarcity, slenderness, drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean.
insufficiency (noun) deficit (noun)
lack of an adequate quantity or number the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
a lack of competence (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
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