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Deficit vs Shortfall - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between deficit and shortfall

is that deficit is deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack while shortfall is an instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount.

deficit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
  • A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit : London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.
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    • Synonyms

    * fiscal deficit

    Derived terms

    * fiscal deficit * trade deficit

    Related terms

    * defect * defection * defective * defector * deficiency * deficient

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    References

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    shortfall

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount.
    • Due to a shortfall in revenue we will have to make some cuts.
  • The amount by which a quota is missed; the amount missing.

    • Derived terms

    * closure shortfall * force shortfall * implementation shortfall * shortfall constraint * shortfall risk

    Anagrams

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