WordCmp.com

penury vs mendicity

mendicity vs penury

penury and mendicity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
penury Yes No No No
mendicity Yes No No No
As nouns, mendicity is a hyponym of penury; that is, mendicity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than penury:
  • penury: a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  • mendicity: the state of being a beggar or mendicant
Other hyponyms of penury include beggary, mendicancy.
penury (noun) mendicity (noun)
a state of extreme poverty or destitution the state of being a beggar or mendicant
Difference between penury and mendicity

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.