The difference between Few and Scant
Few is also determiner with the meaning: an indefinite, but usually small, number of.
Few is also pronoun with the meaning: few people, few things.
Scant is also noun with the meaning: a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
Scant is also adverb with the meaning: with difficulty.
Scant is also verb with the meaning: to limit in amount or share.
Scant is also adjective with the meaning: very little, very few.
check bellow for the other definitions of Few and Scant
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Few as a pronoun:
Few people, few things.
Examples:
"Many are called, but few are chosen."
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Scant as an adjective:
Very little, very few.
Examples:
"After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
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Scant as an adjective:
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
Examples:
"a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"
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Scant as an adjective:
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
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Scant as a verb (transitive):
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
Examples:
"to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries"
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Scant as a verb (intransitive):
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
Examples:
"The wind scants."
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Scant as a noun (masonry):
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
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Scant as a noun (masonry):
A sheet of stone.
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Scant as a noun (wood):
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
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Scant as an adverb:
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Scant as a noun:
Scarcity; lack.