shortage

As a noun shortage is

a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

Shortage is a related term of meagreness.

As nouns the difference between shortage and meagreness

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while meagreness is (british) the state of being meagre.

Shortagevslack is often a misspelling of shortage.

Shortagevslack has no English definition.

As a noun shortage

is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As nouns the difference between shortage and shorage

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while shorage is a right to use a shore, as to land goods, or a fee or duty for such right.

As nouns the difference between deficit and shortage

is that deficit is deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As nouns the difference between shortage and decrease

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

As a verb decrease is

of a quantity, to become smaller.

As nouns the difference between shortage and paucity

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while paucity is fewness in number; too few.

As nouns the difference between discrepancy and shortage

is that discrepancy is an inconsistency between facts or sentiments while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As a noun shortage

is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As a proper noun want is

a personification of want.