Difference between Insufficient and Scant

INSUFFICIENT vs SCANT: NOUN

Not sufficient.
Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit.
Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose.
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Not sufficient; inadequate.

Inadequately supplied; short.
Falling short of a specific measure.
Barely sufficient.
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough.
Very little, very few

Not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required; deficient in amount, force, or fitness; inadequate; incompetent: as, insufficient provision or protection; insufficient motives.

To make small or scanty; diminish; cut short or down.
To be niggard or sparing of; begrudge; keep back.
Nautical, of the wind, to become less favorable; blow in such a direction as to hinder a vessel from continuing on her course even when close-hauled.
Scarcely; hardly.
Scantily; sparingly.
Nautical, of the wind, coming from a direction such that a ship will barely lie her course even when close-hauled.
Having a limited or scanty supply; scarce; short: with of.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
To put on scant allowance; limit; stint: as, to scant one in provisions or necessaries.
Work hastily or carelessly
Short in quantity; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough; scanty: as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant piece of cloth for a garment.

Adequate, Sufficient, Shy, Too little, Lean, Light, Short, Low, Depleted, Skimpy, Poor, Scarce, Scant, Deficient, Inadequate

Limited, Scarce, Negligible, Minimal, Paltry, Scanty, Little, Sparse, Meager, Stint, Light, Skimp, Short, Deficient, Insufficient

Adequate, Sufficient, Too little, Shy, Lean, Light, Short, Low, Depleted, Skimpy, Poor, Scarce, Scant, Deficient, Inadequate

Limited, Scarce, Negligible, Minimal, Paltry, Scanty, Little, Sparse, Meager, Stint, Light, Skimp, Short, Deficient, Insufficient

Offers with insufficient information are liable to rejection.
Insufficient number of arguments or no entry found.
Insufficient attributes were given to create an object.
Mere knowledge of likelihood is legally insufficient proof.
Bank and the amount of interest was insufficient.
If there are insufficient facts in the affidavit there may be insufficient evidence for the Court to come to the desired finding.
If we return a postdated item because of insufficient funds in your Account, you will be subject to the insufficient funds penalty.
TKis causes insufficient voltage at motor induction and results in excessive output current but insufficient output torque.
Evidence was insufficient if there were no relevant trials or data were insufficient.
An insufficient sacrifice could not justify those who suffer from insufficient righteousness.