poverty-stricken vs destitute

poverty-stricken and destitute both are adjectives.

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

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

Other synonyms of poverty-stricken include impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy.

poverty-stricken (adjective)	destitute (adjective)
poor enough to need help from others	completely wanting or lacking
	poor enough to need help from others