worsen vs impoverish

impoverish vs worsen

worsen and impoverish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
worsen	No	No	Yes	No
impoverish	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, impoverish is a hyponym of worsen; that is, impoverish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than worsen:

worsen: grow worse
impoverish: take away

Other hyponyms of worsen include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, deprive, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down.

worsen (verb)	impoverish (verb)
grow worse	take away
make worse	make poor

Difference between worsen and impoverish

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