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Penury vs Scantiness - What's the difference?

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Penury is a related term of scantiness.


As nouns the difference between penury and scantiness

is that penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution while scantiness is (uncountable) the quality of being scanty.

penury

English

Noun

(penuries)
  • extreme want; poverty; destitution.
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  • a lack of something; a dearth; barrenness; insufficiency.

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    scantiness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
  • (countable) The result or product of being scanty.

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