Impoverished vs Makeshift - What's the difference?
impoverished | makeshift |
Reduced to poverty.
Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
(impoverish)
A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
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Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 26 2012
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Norway 0-1 England
, work=BBC Sport
As adjectives the difference between impoverished and makeshift
is that impoverished is reduced to poverty while makeshift is made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.As a verb impoverished
is (impoverish).As a noun makeshift is
a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.impoverished
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* See alsoDerived terms
* impoverishedly * impoverishednessVerb
(head)makeshift
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Noun
(en noun)- I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift .
Adjective
(en adjective)- They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.
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