indigence vs poorness

indigence and poorness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indigence	Yes	No	No	No
poorness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, poorness is a hypernym of indigence; that is, poorness is a word with a broader meaning than indigence:

indigence: a state of extreme poverty or destitution
poorness: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Other hypernyms of indigence include impoverishment, poverty.

indigence (noun)	poorness (noun)
a state of extreme poverty or destitution	the quality of being poorly made or maintained
	less than adequate
	the quality of being meager
	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions