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neediness vs impoverishment

impoverishment vs neediness

neediness and impoverishment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neediness Yes No No No
impoverishment Yes No No No
As nouns, impoverishment is a hypernym of neediness; that is, impoverishment is a word with a broader meaning than neediness:
  • neediness: a state of extreme poverty
  • impoverishment: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Other hypernyms of neediness include poorness, poverty.
neediness (noun) impoverishment (noun)
the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree the act of making someone poor
a state of extreme poverty the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Difference between neediness and impoverishment

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