Deprivation vs Dearth - What's the difference?
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(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
lack
(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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As nouns the difference between deprivation and dearth
is that deprivation is the act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity while dearth is a period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.deprivation
English
Noun
- He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.
Usage notes
* Distinguish from (l).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.