different between scarcity vs depletion

English

Etymology

From Old Northern French escarcete; surface analysis scarce +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk??s?ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk??s?ti/

Noun

scarcity (countable and uncountable, plural scarcities)

1. (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
   • July 6, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 136

     Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.

2. (countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

Synonyms

• (condition of something being scarce): infrequency, rareness, rarity; see also Thesaurus:rareness
• (inadequate amount of something): dearth, deficiency, lack, infrequency, penury, rareness, rarity, want; see also Thesaurus:lack

Antonyms

• (condition of something being scarce): frequency, commonness; see also Thesaurus:commonness
• (inadequate amount of something): abundance, copiousness; see also Thesaurus:excess

Translations

Anagrams

• city cars

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from deple?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??pli???n/

Noun

depletion (countable and uncountable, plural depletions)

1. The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
2. The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
3. (medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.

Derived terms

Related terms

• deplete

Translations

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• diplotene