Does Paucity Mean Scarcity?

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.

What is the difference between scarcity and paucity?

As nouns the difference between scarcity and paucity

is that scarcity is (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient while paucity is fewness in number; too few.

What does the word paucity means?

1 : smallness of number : fewness. 2 : smallness of quantity : dearth.