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What is the difference between defective and deficient ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between defective and deficient ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
If possible, could you please give me some common example sentences??😊😉😂
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Defective – it doesn’t work
Deficient – something is lacking
“This automobile is defective because it is deficient in petrol. Which is a complicated way of saying that I need to fill up the gas tank“
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「defective」と「deficient」は、英語（アメリカ）で似ている単語ですが、微妙な違いがあります。
「defective」は、製品や物事が欠陥や不具合があるという意味で使われます。主に物理的な問題や欠点を指すことが多く、製品の品質が悪い場合などに使われます。
例：The company recalled the defective products.（会社は欠陥のある製品を回収した。）
一方、「deficient」は、不足している、欠けているという意味で使われます。主に抽象的なものや能力、資源などが不足している状況を表します。物事が完全でない、不十分であるというニュアンスがあります。
例：The student's performance was deficient in critical thinking skills.（その生徒のパフォーマンスは批判的思考力に欠けていた。）
このように、「defective」は物理的な欠陥や不具合を指し、「deficient」は抽象的な不足や欠如を指すという違いがあります。
「defective」は、製品や物事が欠陥や不具合があるという意味で使われます。主に物理的な問題や欠点を指すことが多く、製品の品質が悪い場合などに使われます。
例：The company recalled the defective products.（会社は欠陥のある製品を回収した。）
一方、「deficient」は、不足している、欠けているという意味で使われます。主に抽象的なものや能力、資源などが不足している状況を表します。物事が完全でない、不十分であるというニュアンスがあります。
例：The student's performance was deficient in critical thinking skills.（その生徒のパフォーマンスは批判的思考力に欠けていた。）
このように、「defective」は物理的な欠陥や不具合を指し、「deficient」は抽象的な不足や欠如を指すという違いがあります。
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Defective – it doesn’t work
Deficient – something is lacking
“This automobile is defective because it is deficient in petrol. Which is a complicated way of saying that I need to fill up the gas tank“
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