defective vs deficient
Definitions
adjective
- not working properly
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
- having a defect
Examples
If the libellee does not appear and the court considers the notice defective or insufficient, it may order further notice.
Often they were offloading defective goods they could not sell at a shop.
Barot A, Kleckner N (2008) Yeast Pch2 promotes domainal axis organization, timely recombination progression, and arrest of defective recombinosomes during meiosis.
Definitions
adjective
- inadequate in amount or degree
- falling short of some prescribed norm
- of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Examples
Emphasizing elimination through the overuse of purgatives in an already deficient individual can further deplete the body's store of minerals and essential B vitamins as well as imbalance beneficial intestinal micro-organisms.
For example, if your diet is deficient in vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, bioflavonoids or vitamin E, a heavier than normal menstruation could result.
Cataract patients also tend to be deficient in vitamin A and the carotenes, lutein and zeaxanthin.
