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Deprived vs Dispossessed - What's the difference?

deprived | dispossessed |

As adjectives the difference between deprived and dispossessed

is that deprived is subject to deprivation; poor while dispossessed is homelessness.

As verbs the difference between deprived and dispossessed

is that deprived is while dispossessed is (dispossess).

deprived

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Subject to deprivation; poor.
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • London attracts some of the richest people in the world, but it is home also to some of the poorest people in the land. The three most deprived areas in Britain are all in London — Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney.

    Derived terms

    * deprivedly

    Verb

    (head)

    • dispossessed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dispossess)
  • * 1215 —
    • To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these.
  • * 1897 —
    • Whereupon the soldier dispossessed himself of his burden, and stood looking down upon it in great perplexity.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Homelessness.
  • Impoverished.