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Dearth vs Dealth - What's the difference?

dearth | dealth |

In obsolete terms the difference between dearth and dealth

is that dearth is dearness; the quality of being rare or costly while dealth is a share dealt out.

As nouns the difference between dearth and dealth

is that dearth is a period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine while dealth is a share dealt out.

dearth

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rfc-sense) A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
  • (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
  • * 1608 , William Shakespeare, King Lear :
    • I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed unhappily: as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, dearth , dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state, menaces and maledictions against king and nobles; needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of cohorts, nuptial breaches, and I know not what.
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  • (obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
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    • Synonyms

    * (period when food is rare) famine, shortage * (scarcity) paucity, scarcity

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    dealth

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) A share dealt out.
    • (Webster 1913)