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They're the same thing, but the word "famine" is generally used when someone is speaking about a country that has a small amount of food available.
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What is the difference between a famine and a blight?
Blight refers to the disease that affects a crop and the resulting starvation and problems is a famine.
The great famine was a time of widespread starvation in Ireland caused by the destruction of?
Cattle herds
What was the results of Indian farmers growing cotton a cash crop rather then food?
widespread famine and starvation
What is a famine?
A famine is an extreme shortage of food, caused by drought, crop failure, disaster, or overpopulation. Famines are often characterized by starvation, and by emigration or exodus (leaving the affected area) to find food.
What did people die from in the potato famine?
Starvation, illness, suicide, murder, old age.
What is the difference between hunger and famine?
Hunger is when you don't eat an famine is starvation on a large amount of people
What is the difference between a famine and a blight?
Blight refers to the disease that affects a crop and the resulting starvation and problems is a famine.
What is the difference between drought and famine?
1:Famine means a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death,while drought means a shortage of rainfall.
Why did several million Irish migrate in the 1840s?
Famine.
What is a time of crop failure and starvation?
That's called 'famine'.
What is meant by malnutrition and famine?
Malnutrition is when your body does not get all the vitamins, minerals, and protein's to survive functionally. Famine is basically starvation.
What is damage of potato famine in Ireland?
The potato late blight caused the Irish potato crops to fail and rot in the fields. This led to what became known as the Great Famine or the Great Hunger, during which there was mass starvation. Starvation and disease, forced many Irish people to emigration from Ireland between 1845 and 1852.
Why did the hebrews go because of famine in israel?
If you'res asking "where" they went, it was to Egypt. If you're asking "why" it was because famine causes starvation.
What is a potato famine?
A potato famine is a period of big starvation, disease and immigration caused by poisonous potato's. A.K.A The great hunger
What is Potato famine?
A potato famine is a period of big starvation, disease and Immigration caused by poisonous potato's. A.K.A The great hunger
What is a synonyms for famine?
starvation, scarcity, hunger, lack, want, deprivation, dearth
Which event made one million Irish people leave Ireland in the mid-1800?
The Irish Potato Famine
