different between moderation vs deficiency

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moder?ti?Morphologically moderate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: m?d'?-r??-sh?n; IPA^(key): /?m?d???e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

moderation (countable and uncountable, plural moderations)

1. The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
   • 1772, Robert Clive, [1]:

     Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!

   • 1821 October 12, Lord Byron, [2]:

     America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

2. An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
3. The process of moderating a discussion

   The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.

Related terms

• in moderation
• moderate
• moderateness
• moderating

Translations

English

Etymology

From deficit +? -ency. Compare Latin d?ficientia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?f??sh?ns?, IPA^(key): /d??f???nsi/

Noun

deficiency (countable and uncountable, plural deficiencies)

1. (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
2. (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
3. (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
4. (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

Antonyms

• sufficiency
• excess

Translations

Further reading

• deficiency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia