Deprivation vs Destitution - What's the difference?
deprivation | destitution |
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
lack
(obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning.
Discharge from office; dismissal.
The condition of lacking something.
* 1906 , ‘Mark Twain’, in The Bible According to Mark Twain , 1996, p. 330:
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
* 2009 , Rahila Gupta, The Guardian , 4 Aug 2009:
As nouns the difference between deprivation and destitution
is that deprivation is (countable) the act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity while destitution is (obsolete) the action of deserting or abandoning.deprivation
English
Noun
- He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.
Usage notes
* Distinguish from (l).destitution
English
Noun
(en noun)- He requires of his fellow man obedience to a very creditable code of morals, but he observes without shame or disapproval his God's utter destitution of morals.
- Destitution forces many asylum seekers to end up working for extremely low wages in catering, cleaning and construction, for example, without any protection against unscrupulous employers.