Fewer
Fewer adjective - (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of.
Scant and fewer are semantically related. in hardly any topic. In some cases you can use "Scant" instead an adjective "Fewer".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Only a scant few villains work under a conventional moral framework with standards, fewer acknowledge the egocentricity implicit in the wrong they do, a distressing number are beyond all attempts at being reasoned with.
Source: Villainous B.S.O.D.
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