different between failure vs shortfall

failure

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (to fail).

Pronunciation

  • (Canada, General American) IPA(key): /?fe?l.j?/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?fe?l.j?/

Noun

failure (countable and uncountable, plural failures)

  1. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
  2. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
  3. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
  4. Bankruptcy.

Synonyms

  • (person incapable of success): loser

Antonyms

  • (state or condition): success, triumph

Derived terms

  • ground failure
  • power failure

Related terms

  • fail

Translations

failure From the web:

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  • what failure teaches you
  • what failure looks like
  • what failure to thrive means
  • what failures have you experienced
  • what failure is not
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  • what failures have the un has


shortfall

English

Etymology

short +? fall, from the verb phrase fall short.

Noun

shortfall (plural shortfalls)

  1. An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations.
  2. The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • fall short

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  • what is shortfall amount
  • what is shortfall cover
  • what is shortfall insurance
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  • what are shortfall nutrients
  • what is shortfall amount in angel broking
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