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Neediness vs Scarcity - What's the difference?

neediness | scarcity | Related terms |

Neediness is a related term of scarcity.


As nouns the difference between neediness and scarcity

is that neediness is the characteristic of being needy while scarcity is (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient.

neediness

English

Noun

(es)
  • The characteristic of being needy.
  • * 1982 , Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism , page 247
    • The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.

    scarcity

    English

    (wikipedia scarcity)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
  • * Rambler
    • Praise owes its value to its scarcity .
  • (countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
    • a scarcity of grain

    Synonyms

    * dearth * deficiency * lack * infrequency * penury * rareness * rarity * want

    Antonyms

    * abundance * copiousness