Destitute vs Wealthy - What's the difference?
destitute | wealthy |
Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken.
* Bible, Psalm 141:8
Possessing financial wealth; rich.
Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
(uncountable, preceded by the) Rich people.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
(countable) A rich person.
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As adjectives the difference between destitute and wealthy
is that destitute is lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken while wealthy is possessing financial wealth; rich.As a noun wealthy is
(uncountable|preceded by the) rich people.destitute
English
Adjective
(-)- In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute .
Synonyms
* See alsowealthy
English
(wikipedia wealthy)Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* affluent, prosperous * See alsoAntonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* independently wealthySee also
* upscaleNoun
(en-noun)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}