poverty vs want

want vs poverty

poverty and want both are nouns.

poverty is not a verb while want is a verb.

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

As nouns, want is a hyponym of poverty; that is, want is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than poverty:

poverty: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
want: a state of extreme poverty

Other hyponyms of poverty include deprivation, neediness, privation, destitution, indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury, impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness.

poverty (noun)	want (noun)
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions	a specific feeling of desire
	anything that is necessary but lacking
	a state of extreme poverty
	the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

poverty (verb)	want (verb)
	wish or demand the presence of
	have need of
	hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
	feel or have a desire for; want strongly
	be without, lack; be deficient in

Difference between poverty and want

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