Difference between Depleted and Deficient

What is the difference between Depleted and Deficient?

Depleted as an adjective is used up, expended; of which nothing is left. while Deficient as an adjective is lacking something essential; often construed with in.

Depleted

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

Example sentence: Since I believe that a person's philosophical point of view has little meaning if it is not matched by being and action, I found myself willingly wed to an endless series of unpopular causes, experiences which I feel enriched my writing as much as they depleted other aspects of my life.

Deficient

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking something essential; often construed with in.Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

We hope you now know whether to use Depleted or Deficient in your sentence.

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