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Simplicity vs. Austerity — What's the Difference?

Simplicity vs. Austerity — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Simplicity and Austerity

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Simplicity

Simplicity is the state or quality of being simple. Something easy to understand or explain seems simple, in contrast to something complicated.

Austerity

Austerity is a set of political-economic policies that claims to aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both. There are three primary types of austerity measures: higher taxes to fund spending, raising taxes while cutting spending, and lower taxes and lower government spending.

Simplicity

The quality or condition of being easy to understand or do
For the sake of simplicity, this chapter will concentrate upon one theory

Austerity

The quality of being austere.

Simplicity

The quality or condition of being plain or uncomplicated in form or design
The grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture
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Austerity

Severe and rigid economy
Wartime austerity.

Simplicity

The property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined.

Austerity

An austere habit or practice.

Simplicity

Absence of luxury or showiness; plainness.

Austerity

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

Simplicity

Absence of affectation or pretense.

Austerity

Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.

Simplicity

Lack of sophistication or subtlety; naiveté.

Austerity

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

Simplicity

Lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness.

Austerity

(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Simplicity

Clarity of expression.

Austerity

Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Simplicity

Austerity in embellishment.

Austerity

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
The austerity of John the Baptist.

Simplicity

The state or quality of being simple

Austerity

Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners.

Simplicity

The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded
The simplicity of metals or of earths

Austerity

The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

Simplicity

The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts
The simplicity of a machine

Simplicity

Lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity

Simplicity

Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness
Simplicity of dress, of style, or of language
Simplicity of diet
Simplicity of life

Simplicity

Lack of subtlety or abstruseness; clarity
The simplicity of a doctrine
The simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration

Simplicity

Lack of complication; efficiency.

Simplicity

An act or instance of foolishness.

Simplicity

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

Simplicity

The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.

Simplicity

Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded.
In wit a man; simplicity a child.

Simplicity

Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.

Simplicity

Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.

Simplicity

Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning?

Simplicity

The quality of being simple or uncompounded;
The simplicity of a crystal

Simplicity

A lack of penetration or subtlety;
They took advantage of her simplicity

Simplicity

Absence of affectation or pretense

Simplicity

Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;
He rose through the ranks with apparent ease
They put it into containers for ease of transportation

Simplicity

Lack of ornamentation;
The room was simply decorated with great restraint

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