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Moorish vs Poorish - What's the difference?

moorish | poorish |

As adjectives the difference between moorish and poorish

is that moorish is boggy, marshy; like a moor while poorish is reasonably poor, quite poor.

moorish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture
  • (architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration

    • poorish

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • reasonably poor, quite poor.