Devoid vs Paucity - What's the difference?
devoid | paucity |
empty; having none of; completely without
Fewness in number; too few.
* 1915 , , The Golden Slipper , problem 7:
* 2006 , Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, "
A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
* 1898 , , "At the Appetite-Cure":
* 1915 , , Michael O'Halloran , ch. 12:
As an adjective devoid
is empty; having none of; completely without.As a verb devoid
is (obsolete) to empty out; to remove.As a noun paucity is
fewness in number; too few.devoid
English
Adjective
(-)- I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
Derived terms
* devoidnessAnagrams
*paucity
English
Noun
- But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.
Uncle Sam Wants You," Time , 13 July:
- Your tax refund might be late, owing to a paucity of number crunchers.
- Now came shipwrecks and life in open boats, with the usual paucity of food.
- Here is where the paucity of our language is made manifest.