Privation vs Dearth - What's the difference?
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(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
(rfc-sense) A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
* 1608 , William Shakespeare, King Lear :
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(obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
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Privation is a related term of dearth.
As nouns the difference between privation and dearth
is that privation is (philosophy) the state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute while dearth is a period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.privation
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(en noun)- I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed unhappily: as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, dearth , dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state, menaces and maledictions against king and nobles; needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of cohorts, nuptial breaches, and I know not what.