Privation vs Shortage - 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.
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
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As nouns the difference between privation and shortage
is that privation is the state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.privation
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(wikipedia shortage) (en noun)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
