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Shortage vs Meagreness - What's the difference?

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Shortage is a related term of meagreness.


As nouns the difference between shortage and meagreness

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while meagreness is (british) the state of being meagre.

shortage

English

Noun

(wikipedia shortage) (en noun)
  • A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
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    Antonyms

    * glut * mountain (as in butter mountain)

    Related terms

    * outage

    See also

    * drought * famine * ration * rationing

    meagreness

    English

    Alternative forms

    * meagerness (US)

    Noun

    (meagrenesses)
  • (British) The state of being meagre.

    • Anagrams

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