Insufficiency vs. Deficiency

Insufficiency vs. Deficiency — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Insufficiency and Deficiency

Insufficiencynoun

The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

Deficiencynoun

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

Insufficiencynoun

a lack of competence;

pointed out the insufficiencies in my reportjuvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents

Deficiencynoun

(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.

Insufficiencynoun

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

Deficiencynoun

(geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.

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Insufficiencynoun

lack of an adequate quantity or number;

the inadequacy of unemployment benefits

Deficiencynoun

(geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

Deficiencynoun

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

there is a serious lack of insight into the problemwater is the critical deficiency in desert regionsfor want of a nail the shoe was lost

Deficiencynoun

lack of an adequate quantity or number;

the inadequacy of unemployment benefits