Difference between Sufficient and Deficient

SUFFICIENT vs DEFICIENT: NOUN

Falling short of some prescribed norm
Inadequate in amount or degree
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Lacking an essential quality or element.
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient.
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
See under Abundant.
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

Sufficing; equal to the end proposed; as much as is or may be necessary; adequate; enough.
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit; competent; capable.
Having a competence; well-to-do.
Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
Synonyms Ample, abundant, satisfactory, full.
1 and Competent, Enough, etc. See adequate.
(determiner) The smallest amount needed.

Not having a full or adequate supply: as, the country is deficient in the means of carrying on war.
Defective; imperfect; inadequate: as, deficient strength.
Lacking; wanting; incomplete.

Proper, Satisfactory, Inadequate, Needed, Substantial, Requisite, Reasonable, Ample, Necessary, Insufficient, Comfortable, Spare, Decent, Enough, Adequate

Nonstandard, Short, Light, Lean, Scant, Low, Scarce, Skimpy, Depleted, Inferior, Poor, Substandard, Insufficient, Lacking, Inadequate

Proper, Satisfactory, Inadequate, Needed, Substantial, Requisite, Reasonable, Ample, Necessary, Insufficient, Comfortable, Spare, Decent, Enough, Adequate

Nonstandard, Short, Light, Lean, Scant, Low, Scarce, Skimpy, Depleted, Inferior, Poor, Substandard, Insufficient, Lacking, Inadequate

Sufficient braking capacity to descend ramp inclines safely.
Makes sufficient income to sustain trader and family.
Black Americans of their property without sufficient compensation.
LORD be sufficient for you in JESUS name.
Government centers lacked sufficient space, staff, and resources.
But these steps by themselves are not sufficient.
The issue is not whether she had a sufficient excuse but whether the trail court had reason to believe she had a sufficient excuse.
There sufficient cash on hand and accounts receivable to pay for taxes and accounts payable sufficient on.
SME exchanges have been created which failed to attract sufficient companies for listing or to achieve sufficient trading to maintain active markets.
Are necessary and often sufficient, but in a prokaryote, these are necessary and often sufficient, but sufficient.

Toryanskis did not provide deficient performance in mitigation.
Do not use respirators in oxygen deficient environments.
It means we are deficient in bicarbonate and the more deficient we get in bicarbonate, the more acidic we become and acid burns.
Some governments are deficient in both these qualities; most governments are deficient in the first.
Some governments are deficient in both these qualities: Most governments are deficient in the first.
Individuals applying for WIOA enrollment using the basic skills deficient priority of service must provide documentation to verify they are basic skills deficient.
Grantee shall purchase Deficient Quantities from Grantor by paying Grantor the Deficient Quantity Charge.
Critically deficient: Performance that is critically deficient and in need ofimmediate remedial attention.
Deficient precipitation parameterization: Do not assimilate observations where the model is deficient.
The divisors of a pefect or deficient number is deficient.