coward vs deficient

coward

noun
  • A person who lacks courage. 

adj
  • Cowardly. 

  • Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs. 

deficient

noun
  • A person who is deficient. 

adj
  • Insufficient or inadequate in amount. 

  • Lacking something essential; often construed with in. 

  • Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n). 

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