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Paucity vs Panoply - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between paucity and panoply

is that paucity is fewness in number; too few while panoply is a splendid display of something.

paucity

English

Noun

  • Fewness in number; too few.
  • * 1915 , , The Golden Slipper , problem 7:
    • But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.
  • * 2006 , Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, " Uncle Sam Wants You," Time , 13 July:
    • Your tax refund might be late, owing to a paucity of number crunchers.
  • A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
  • * 1898 , , "At the Appetite-Cure":
    • Now came shipwrecks and life in open boats, with the usual paucity of food.
  • * 1915 , , Michael O'Halloran , ch. 12:
    • Here is where the paucity of our language is made manifest.

    Synonyms

    * dearth, scantiness, scarcity

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    panoply

    English

    Noun

    (panoplies)
  • A splendid display of something.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 459,
    • Even though we cannot affirm that the products of mimesis are invested in the panoply of existence.
  • (by extension) a collection or display of weaponry
  • Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories.
  • A complete set of armour.
  • (by extension) Something that covers and protects.