neediness vs poverty

neediness and poverty both are nouns.

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

As nouns, poverty is a hypernym of neediness; that is, poverty is a word with a broader meaning than neediness:

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

Other hypernyms of neediness include impoverishment, poorness.

neediness (noun)	poverty (noun)
the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
a state of extreme poverty