What's the difference between RARE and SCARCE?
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What's the difference between RARE and SCARCE?

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 2, 20261 min
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Both of them describe things that are uncommon or hard to find, but there are two differences.

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Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English Podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day. My name is Shana, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English. Make sure to visit the website EspressoEnglish.net, where you can get online courses and e-books

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that will help you learn English even faster. Let's get started with today's lesson. the difference between rare and scarce. Both of them describe things that are uncommon or hard to find, but there are two differences.

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The word rare can be used for events, but the word scarce cannot. For example, it's rare for a comet to pass this close to Earth. That's an event that doesn't happen frequently. So only rare, not scarce, is used for events.

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