poverty-stricken vs necessitous

poverty-stricken and necessitous both are adjectives.

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

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

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

poverty-stricken (adjective)	necessitous (adjective)
poor enough to need help from others	poor enough to need help from others