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Shortage vs Shorthand - What's the difference?

shortage | shorthand |

As nouns the difference between shortage and shorthand

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while shorthand is a compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc; short writing; stenography; phonography.

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)

    See also

    * drought * famine * ration * rationing

    shorthand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography; phonography
  • any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something
  • The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

    See also

    * longhand * shorthanded English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs