Decrease vs Scarcity - What's the difference?
decrease | scarcity |
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .
(uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
* Rambler
(countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
As nouns the difference between decrease and scarcity
is that decrease is an amount by which a quantity is decreased while scarcity is (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient.As a verb decrease
is of a quantity, to become smaller.decrease
English
Verb
(decreas)Synonyms
* (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduceAntonyms
* (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkageAntonyms
* (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , risescarcity
English
(wikipedia scarcity)Noun
- Praise owes its value to its scarcity .
- a scarcity of grain