impoverishment vs poverty

impoverishment and poverty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
impoverishment	Yes	No	No	No
poverty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, impoverishment and poverty are synonyms defined as:

impoverishment and poverty: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Other synonyms of impoverishment include poorness.

impoverishment (noun)	poverty (noun)
the act of making someone poor	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions