deficient vs privation

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). 

privation

noun
  • The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation. 

  • The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute. 

  • The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. 

How often have the words deficient and privation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )