impoverishment vs penuriousness
penuriousness vs impoverishmentimpoverishment and penuriousness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| impoverishment | Yes | No | No | No |
| penuriousness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
penuriousness is a hyponym of
impoverishment; that is, penuriousness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
impoverishment:
- impoverishment: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- penuriousness: a state of lacking money
Other hyponyms of impoverishment include
deprivation, neediness, privation, want, destitution, indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury, impecuniousness, pennilessness.
| impoverishment (noun) | penuriousness (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of making someone poor | a disposition to be niggardly with money |
| the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | a state of lacking money |
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