Dearth vs Nonexistence - What's the difference?
dearth | nonexistence | Related terms |
(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 :
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(obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
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The state of not existing.
Dearth is a related term of nonexistence.
As nouns the difference between dearth and nonexistence
is that dearth is a period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine while nonexistence is the state of not existing.dearth
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Synonyms
* (period when food is rare) famine, shortage * (scarcity) paucity, scarcityAnagrams
* * *nonexistence
English
Noun
- The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock .