paucity

As nouns the difference between paucity and ploy

is that paucity is fewness in number; too few while ploy is a tactic, strategy, or gimmick.

As a verb ploy is

(military) to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

As a noun paucity

is fewness in number; too few.

As an adjective sparse is

having widely spaced intervals.

As a verb sparse is

(obsolete) to scatter; to disperse.

As a noun paucity

is fewness in number; too few.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

As a noun paucity

is fewness in number; too few.

As an adjective rare is

(cooking|particularly meats) cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense) or rare can be very uncommon; scarce or rare can be (obsolete) early.

As a verb rare is

(us|intransitive) to rear, rise up, start backwards.

As nouns the difference between paucity and privation

is that paucity is fewness in number; too few while privation is the state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

As a noun paucity

is fewness in number; too few.

As a verb limited is

(limit).

As an adjective limited is

with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

As an adjective meager

is having little flesh; lean; thin.

As a verb meager

is to make lean.

As a noun paucity is

fewness in number; too few.

As nouns the difference between defect and paucity

is that defect is a fault or malfunction while paucity is fewness in number; too few.

As a verb defect

is to abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

As a noun paucity

is fewness in number; too few.

As an adjective scanty is

somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

As nouns the difference between poor and paucity

is that poor is (with "the") those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group while paucity is fewness in number; too few.

As an adjective poor

is with little or no possessions or money.