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Shortcomings vs Defects - What's the difference?

shortcomings | defects |

As nouns the difference between shortcomings and defects

is that shortcomings is while defects is .

As a verb defects is

(defect).

shortcomings

English

Noun

(head)
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
    • England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.

    defects

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (defect)