different between deficient vs sparse

English

Etymology

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f???nt/
• Rhymes: -???nt

Adjective

deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)

1. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
2. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
3. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors ?(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficit

Translations

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?fici?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /d?.fi.si?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /d?.fi.si?en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de.fi.si?ent/

Adjective

deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)

1. deficient

Related terms

• deficiència

Further reading

• “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

d?ficient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of d?fici?

Romanian

Etymology

From French déficient

Adjective

deficient m or n (feminine singular deficient?, masculine plural deficien?i, feminine and neuter plural deficiente)

1. deficient

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sparsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sp??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sp???s/

Adjective

sparse (comparative sparser, superlative sparsest)

1. Having widely spaced intervals.
2. Not dense; meager; scanty
3. (mathematics) Having few nonzero elements

Synonyms

• (having widely spaced intervals): spread out, thin; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
• (meager): insufficient, paltry; see also Thesaurus:inadequate

Derived terms

• sparsen
• sparsification
• sparsity

Related terms

• sparge

Translations

See also

• thin out

Verb

sparse (third-person singular simple present sparses, present participle sparsing, simple past and past participle sparsed)

1. (obsolete) To disperse, to scatter.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:disperse

Anagrams

• Arpses, Aspers, Spears, Speras, aspers, parses, passer, prases, presas, repass, sarpes, spares, spaser, spears

Italian

Verb

sparse

1. third-person singular past historic of spargere
2. third-person singular past historic of sparere

sparse f

1. feminine plural of sparso

Anagrams

• pressa, spersa

Latin

Participle

sparse

1. vocative masculine singular of sparsus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sparse]

Verb

sparse

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of sparge