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Impairment vs Insufficiency - What's the difference?

impairment | insufficiency |

As nouns the difference between impairment and insufficiency

is that impairment is the result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor while insufficiency is the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

impairment

English

Alternative forms

* empairment (rare)

Noun

(wikipedia impairment) (en noun)
  • The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
  • (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.

    • insufficiency

    English

    Noun

    (insufficiencies)
  • The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
    • The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

    Synonyms

    * unsufficiency (obsolete)