Famine
Part of speech: noun
Definition: extreme shortage of food in a region a period of extreme shortage of food in a region During times of famine
Example sentence: If the Kennedys had been barred from entering America after fleeing Ireland during the famine, my grandfather never would have been president.
Shortage
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a lack or deficiencynot enough, not sufficient
Example sentence: Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.