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scantiness vs sparseness

sparseness vs scantiness

scantiness and sparseness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scantiness Yes No No No
sparseness Yes No No No
As nouns, sparseness is a hyponym of scantiness; that is, sparseness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scantiness:
  • scantiness: the quality of being meager
  • sparseness: the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
Other hyponyms of scantiness include wateriness, abstemiousness, spareness, sparsity, thinness, thinness.
scantiness (noun) sparseness (noun)
the quality of being meager the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing.
Difference between scantiness and sparseness

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