Orphan vs Destitute - What's the difference?
orphan | destitute |
A person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
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A young animal with no mother.
(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's or decision to abandon.
(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
(computing) Any unreferenced object.
Deprived of parents (also (orphaned)).
(by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive )
(computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken.
* Bible, Psalm 141:8
As adjectives the difference between orphan and destitute
is that orphan is deprived of parents (also (orphaned)) while destitute is lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken.As a noun orphan
is a person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.As a verb orphan
is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive ).orphan
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* orphanage * orphancy * orphandom * orphanhood * orphaner * orphanet * orphan initialism * orphanism * orphanity * orphanize * orphanotropism * orphanry * orphanship * orphanyAdjective
(-)- She is an orphan child.
- With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.
Verb
(en verb)- What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
- When you removed that image tag, you orphaned the resized icon.
- Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.
References
* "orphan" at OneLook® Dictionary Search .
destitute
English
Adjective
(-)- In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute .
