impoverished vs poverty-stricken

impoverished and poverty-stricken both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
impoverished	No	Yes	No	No
poverty-stricken	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, impoverished and poverty-stricken are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of impoverished include destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy.

impoverished (adjective)	poverty-stricken (adjective)
destroyed financially	poor enough to need help from others
poor enough to need help from others