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meagerness vs insufficiency

insufficiency vs meagerness

meagerness and insufficiency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
meagerness Yes No No No
insufficiency Yes No No No
As nouns, insufficiency is a hypernym of meagerness; that is, insufficiency is a word with a broader meaning than meagerness:
  • meagerness: the quality of being meager
  • insufficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number
Other hypernyms of meagerness include deficiency, inadequacy.
meagerness (noun) insufficiency (noun)
the quality of being meager lack of an adequate quantity or number
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
a lack of competence
Difference between meagerness and insufficiency

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