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Adequacy vs Sufficiency - What's the difference?

adequacy | sufficiency |

As nouns the difference between adequacy and sufficiency

is that adequacy is the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs while sufficiency is quality or condition of being sufficient.

adequacy

English

Noun

(adequacies)
  • The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
    • His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.

    sufficiency

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sufficiencie (obsolete)

    Noun

    (sufficiencies)
  • Quality or condition of being sufficient.
  • An adequate amount.

    • Synonyms

    * enoughness * sufficience

    Antonyms

    * insufficiency * unsufficiency (obs.)