shortage

As nouns the difference between shortage and meanness

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while meanness is the condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

As a noun shortage

is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

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As nouns the difference between shortage and surplus

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while surplus is that which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

As an adjective surplus is

being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

As nouns the difference between profusion and shortage

is that profusion is profusion, abundance while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As nouns the difference between luck and shortage

is that luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As a verb luck

is to succeed by chance.

As a proper noun Luck

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As nouns the difference between deficiencies and shortage

is that deficiencies is while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As nouns the difference between downside and shortage

is that downside is a disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As nouns the difference between mistake and shortage

is that mistake is an error; a blunder while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As a verb mistake

is to understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.

As nouns the difference between drawbacks and shortage

is that drawbacks is while shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

As nouns the difference between shortage and advantage

is that shortage is a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount while advantage is any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

As a verb advantage is

to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.