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Penury vs Penurity - What's the difference?

penury | penurity |

As nouns the difference between penury and penurity

is that penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution while penurity is rare variant of penury.

penury

English

Noun

(penuries)
  • extreme want; poverty; destitution.
  • * '>citation
  • a lack of something; a dearth; barrenness; insufficiency.

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    penurity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Rare variant of penury

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