Shortage vs Crisis - What's the difference?
shortage | crisis |
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
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, title= A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which the patient is expected to recover or die.
(psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
As nouns the difference between shortage and crisis
is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while crisis is a crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.shortage
English
Noun
(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.