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Disadvantaged vs Impoverished - What's the difference?

disadvantaged | impoverished | Synonyms |

As verbs the difference between disadvantaged and impoverished

is that disadvantaged is past tense of disadvantage while impoverished is past tense of impoverish.

As adjectives the difference between disadvantaged and impoverished

is that disadvantaged is lacking an advantage relative to another while impoverished is reduced to poverty.

disadvantaged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (disadvantage)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking an advantage relative to another.
  • Poor; in financial difficulties.

    • impoverished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reduced to poverty.
  • Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * impoverishedly * impoverishedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (impoverish)