different between exigency vs penury

English

Etymology

From Middle French exigence , from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exig?ns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): [???z?d??nsi]

Noun

exigency (countable and uncountable, plural exigencies)

1. (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
2. An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.

Synonyms

• exigence
• necessity
• urgency

Related terms

• exigent
• exigenter
• exiguity
• exiguous

Translations

References

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin p?n?ria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”, adverb), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nj??i/, /?p?nj??i/

Noun

penury (usually uncountable, plural penuries)

1. Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
2. A lack of something; a dearth.

   Synonyms: barrenness, insufficiency

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XI:

     No! penury, inertness and grimace, / In some strange sort, were the land's portion. […]

Derived terms

• penurious

Translations

Further reading

• “penury”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “penury”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• pruney