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Impoverish vs Depauperate - What's the difference?

impoverish | depauperate |

As verbs the difference between impoverish and depauperate

is that impoverish is make poor while depauperate is to impoverish.

As an adjective depauperate is

(botany|of a plant etc) having stunted growth.

impoverish

English

Verb

(es)
  • Make poor.
  • Weaken in quality; deprive of some strength or richness.
    • ''That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil
  • Become poor.

    • Derived terms

    * impoverisher * impoverishment

    Synonyms

    * ruin

    Antonyms

    * enrich

    See also

    * immiserate

    External links

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    depauperate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany, of a plant etc) Having stunted growth.
    • (Gray)
  • Impoverished.
  • Having a limited biodiversity.
  • * 2009, (August 2009), page 35,
    • "...because of Kamchatka's isolation from mainland river systems, its streams are relatively depauperate of other fresh water fish, leaving Oncorhynchus species to face few competitors and predators."

    Verb

    (depauperat)
  • To impoverish.
  • * Mortimer
    • Liming does not depauperate ; the ground will last long, and bear large grain.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit.
  • To stunt the growth of.
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