Words similar to scarceness

Example sentences for: scarceness

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Some are interesting and have a curiosity value ( spaneria `a scarceness of men'), others, if learnt, would present some difficulties in fitting into most conversations ( umber `sundial pointer's shadow').
Is aggression the same as aggressiveness , or, on the other side of the spectrum, is passivity the same as passiveness ? The first is more the state, the second more the behaviour--but how about scarcity and scarceness ? One runs into the same problem with the - ing gerund versus the - ation nouns: which sounds better, implementing or implementation, ratifying or ratification?