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impoverish vs deprive

deprive vs impoverish

impoverish and deprive both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
impoverish No No Yes No
deprive No No Yes No
As verbs, impoverish and deprive are synonyms defined as:
  • impoverish and deprive: take away
As verbs, deprive is a hypernym of impoverish; that is, deprive is a word with a broader meaning than impoverish:
  • impoverish: make poor
  • deprive: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
impoverish (verb) deprive (verb)
take away take away
make poor keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
take away possessions from someone
Difference between impoverish and deprive

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