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insufficiency vs scarceness

scarceness vs insufficiency

insufficiency and scarceness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
insufficiency Yes No No No
scarceness Yes No No No
As nouns, scarceness is a hyponym of insufficiency; that is, scarceness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than insufficiency:
  • insufficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • scarceness: a small and inadequate amount
Other hyponyms of insufficiency include exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, deficit, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, slenderness, drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean.
insufficiency (noun) scarceness (noun)
lack of an adequate quantity or number a small and inadequate amount
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
a lack of competence
Difference between insufficiency and scarceness

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