different between defect vs deficit

English

Etymology

From Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“priv.”) + facere (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: d?'f?kt, IPA^(key): /?di?f?kt/
• (verb) enPR: d?f?kt', IPA^(key): /d??f?kt/

Noun

defect (plural defects)

1. A fault or malfunction.
2. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
   • 1824, Lydia Sigourney, Sketch of Connecticut

     and the indefatigable application with which they have supplied the defects of early culture.

3. (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "defect": major, minor, serious, cosmetic, functional, critical, fatal, basic, fundamental, main, primary, principal, radical, inherent

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defect

Related terms

• defective
• defeat
• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit

Translations

Verb

defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)

1. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
   • 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

     Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”

2. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
3. (military) To join the enemy army.
4. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.

Derived terms

• defection
• defector

Translations

Further reading

• defect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• defect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?fectus, d?fectum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de??f?kt/
• Hyphenation: de?fect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

defect (comparative defecter, superlative defectst)

1. broken, not working

Inflection

Synonyms

• kapot

Noun

defect n (plural defecten, diminutive defectje n)

1. A defect.

English

Etymology

From French déficit, from Latin d?ficit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?f?s?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?f?s?t/
• Hyphenation: de?fi?cit

Noun

deficit (plural deficits)

1. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.

2. A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit: London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.

Synonyms

• fiscal deficit, shortfall

Antonyms

• superavit

Derived terms

• fiscal deficit
• trade deficit

Related terms

Translations

References

• deficit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• deficit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?f?t?s?t]

Noun

deficit m inan

1. deficit

Related terms

• defekt m

Further reading

• deficit in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• deficit in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Noun

deficit m (invariable)

1. deficit (financial, medical)

Latin

Verb

d?ficit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of d?fici?

Portuguese

Noun

deficit m (plural deficits)

1. Alternative form of déficit

Romanian

Etymology

From French déficit

Noun

deficit n (plural deficite)

1. deficit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

d?ficit m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. deficit (financial)

Declension