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pauperise vs impoverish

impoverish vs pauperise

pauperise and impoverish both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pauperise No No Yes No
impoverish No No Yes No
As verbs, impoverish is a hypernym of pauperise; that is, impoverish is a word with a broader meaning than pauperise:
  • pauperise: reduce to beggary
  • impoverish: make poor
pauperise (verb) impoverish (verb)
reduce to beggary take away
make poor
Difference between pauperise and impoverish

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