poverty vs poorness

poverty and poorness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, poverty and poorness are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of poverty include impoverishment.

poverty (noun)	poorness (noun)
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions	the quality of being poorly made or maintained
	less than adequate
	the quality of being meager
	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions