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Beggary vs Scantiness - What's the difference?

beggary | scantiness | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between beggary and scantiness

is that beggary is the state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty while scantiness is the quality of being scanty.

As an adjective beggary

is beggarly.

beggary

English

Noun

(beggaries)
  • The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
  • *
  • The fact or action of begging.
  • Beggarly appearance.
  • * Thackeray
    • The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) beggarly
    • (Ben Jonson)

    scantiness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
  • (countable) The result or product of being scanty.

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