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Privation, Deprivation
What is the difference in meaning?
Thank you all in advance.
Nee Sung
Thank you all in advance.
Nee Sung
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[/nq] Have you thought of looking in an on-line dictionary like the Merriam Webster? Nevertheless, "privation" means something like poverty; "deprivation" means that something or someone is depriving you of something you need. "Deptrivation" may have something to do with poverty, but not necessarily so; and "privation" may arise as a result of natural causes.
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[nq:1]What is the difference in meaning?[/nq]
Have you thought of looking in an on-line dictionary like the Merriam Webster?
Nevertheless, "privation" means something like poverty; "deprivation" means that something or someone is depriving you of something you need. "Deptrivation" may have something to do with poverty, but not necessarily so; and "privation" may arise as a result of natura
Have you thought of looking in an on-line dictionary like the Merriam Webster?
Nevertheless, "privation" means something like poverty; "deprivation" means that something or someone is depriving you of something you need. "Deptrivation" may have something to do with poverty, but not necessarily so; and "privation" may arise as a result of natura
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[nq:1]What is the difference in meaning? Thank you all in advance. Nee Sung[/nq]
* PRIVATION: when you're lacking in some
essentials from the very outset.
* DEPRIVATION: when you're divested of
something that you originally possessed.
Tojo!
* PRIVATION: when you're lacking in some
essentials from the very outset.
* DEPRIVATION: when you're divested of
something that you originally possessed.
Tojo!
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