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Hoard vs Shortage - What's the difference?

hoard | shortage |

As nouns the difference between hoard and shortage

is that hoard is a hidden supply or fund while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As a verb hoard

is to amass, usually for one's personal collection.

hoard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hidden supply or fund.
    • a hoard''' of provisions; a '''hoard of money
  • (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To amass, usually for one's personal collection.

    • See also

    * (Hoarding) * * horde

    Anagrams

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    shortage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia shortage) (en noun)
  • A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.

    Antonyms

    * glut * mountain (as in butter mountain)

    Related terms

    * outage

    See also

    * drought * famine * ration * rationing