Difference between Scarce and Tight

What is the difference between Scarce and Tight?

Scarce as an adjective is insufficient to meet a demand or requirement. while Tight as an adjective is pushed or pulled together.

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: Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.

Tight

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.Soundly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pushed or pulled together.Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.Under high tension.Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.Intimately friendly.Extraordinarily great or special.Unfair; unkind.Miserly or frugal.Scarce, hard to come by.A player who plays very few handsA strategy which involves playing very few hands

Example sentence: Fashion is harder than the film industry. You have to constantly be able to crank out hit after hit after hit on demand and on a very tight calendar. I've come back, I've lost it, I've come back again. It's really as good as your last collection.

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

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