Drought and Failure

Drought

Drought noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: there's been a drought of good movies this year

Failure and drought are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Drought".

Nearby Word: droughty

Failure

Failure noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: the failure of the potato crop had a devastating effect on the population of Ireland

Drought and failure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drought" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

How words are described

similar similar drought similar failure
severe severe drought severe failure
massive massive drought massive failure
serious serious drought serious failure
Other adjectives: huge, horrible, artistic, catastrophic, recent.
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