penury

As nouns the difference between penury and pauperisation

is that penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution while pauperisation is pauperization.

As nouns the difference between penury and money

is that penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution while money is a legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.

As nouns the difference between parsimony and penury

is that parsimony is great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily while penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As a noun penury

is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As an adjective starved is

approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.

As a verb starved is

past tense of starve.

Exigency is a related term of penury.

As nouns the difference between exigency and penury

is that exigency is the demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural ) while penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As nouns the difference between distress and penury

is that distress is (Cause of) discomfort while penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As a verb distress

is to cause strain or anxiety to someone.

As nouns the difference between penury and misery

is that penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As nouns the difference between deprivation and penury

is that deprivation is the act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity while penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As nouns the difference between novice and penury

is that novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject while penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As nouns the difference between strait and penury

is that strait is a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water while penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution.

As an adjective strait

is narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.

As a verb strait

is to put to difficulties.

As an adverb strait

is strictly; rigorously.