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Strapped vs Impoverished - What's the difference?

strapped | impoverished |

As verbs the difference between strapped and impoverished

is that strapped is (strap) while impoverished is (impoverish).

As adjectives the difference between strapped and impoverished

is that strapped is (of a person|informal) muscular while impoverished is reduced to poverty.

strapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (strap)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a person, informal) muscular
  • (slang) armed, having a weapon
  • poor

    • Synonyms

    * (without money) see also

    Derived terms

    * strapped for cash

    impoverished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reduced to poverty.
  • Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * impoverishedly * impoverishedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (impoverish)