scarce

As adjectives the difference between scarce and parsimonious

is that scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand while parsimonious is exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

As an adverb scarce

is scarcely, only just.

Scarce is a related term of penurious.

As adjectives the difference between scarce and penurious

is that scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand while penurious is miserly; excessively cheap.

As an adverb scarce

is scarcely, only just.

Scarce is a related term of chary.

As adjectives the difference between scarce and chary

is that scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand while chary is (obsolete) sad; sorrowful; grievous.

As an adverb scarce

is scarcely, only just.

Stinted is a related term of scarce.

As adjectives the difference between stinted and scarce

is that stinted is (dated) constrained; restrained; confined while scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

As a verb stinted

is (stint).

As an adverb scarce is

scarcely, only just.

As adjectives the difference between elusive and scarce

is that elusive is while scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

As an adverb scarce is

scarcely, only just.

As adjectives the difference between sporadic and scarce

is that sporadic is rare and scattered in occurrence while scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

As an adverb scarce is

scarcely, only just.

As an adjective scarce

is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

As an adverb scarce

is scarcely, only just.

As a noun rate is

rot (process of something decaying or rotting ).

As adjectives the difference between scarce and close

is that scarce is uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand while close is closed, shut.

As an adverb scarce

is scarcely, only just.

As a verb close is

(label) to remove a gap.

As a noun close is

an end or conclusion or close can be an enclosed field.