Difference between Rare and Scarce

What is the difference between Rare and Scarce?

Rare as an adjective is very uncommon; scarce. while Scarce as an adjective is insufficient to meet a demand or requirement.

Rare

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very uncommon; scarce. Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To rear, rise up, start backwards. To rear, bring up, raise.

Example sentence: It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Scarce

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: insufficient to meet a demand or requirement.difficult to find, due to scarcity.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: scarcely, only just.

Example sentence: Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.

We hope you now know whether to use Rare or Scarce in your sentence.

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