poverty vs impoverishment

poverty and impoverishment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, poverty and impoverishment are synonyms defined as:

poverty and impoverishment: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Other synonyms of poverty include poorness.

poverty (noun)	impoverishment (noun)
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions	the act of making someone poor
	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions