impoverishment vs want

want vs impoverishment

impoverishment and want both are nouns.

impoverishment is not a verb while want is a verb.

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

As nouns, want is a hyponym of impoverishment; that is, want 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
want: a state of extreme poverty

Other hyponyms of impoverishment include deprivation, neediness, privation, destitution, indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury, impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness.

impoverishment (noun)	want (noun)
the act of making someone poor	a specific feeling of desire
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions	anything that is necessary but lacking
	a state of extreme poverty
	the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

impoverishment (verb)	want (verb)
	wish or demand the presence of
	have need of
	hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
	feel or have a desire for; want strongly
	be without, lack; be deficient in

Difference between impoverishment and want

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