necessitous vs poverty-stricken

necessitous and poverty-stricken both are adjectives.

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

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

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

necessitous (adjective)	poverty-stricken (adjective)
poor enough to need help from others	poor enough to need help from others