different between deprivation vs penury

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?p.??.ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

deprivation (countable and uncountable, plural deprivations)

1. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. (uncountable) The state of being deprived

   Synonyms: privation, loss, want, bereavement

3. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
4. (followed by “of”) lack

Usage notes

• Distinguish from depravation.

Translations

Danish

Noun

deprivation c (singular definite deprivationen, plural indefinite deprivationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “deprivation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Latin p?n?ria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”, adverb), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nj??i/, /?p?nj??i/

Noun

penury (usually uncountable, plural penuries)

1. Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
2. A lack of something; a dearth.

   Synonyms: barrenness, insufficiency

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XI:

     No! penury, inertness and grimace, / In some strange sort, were the land's portion. […]

Derived terms

• penurious

Translations

Further reading

• “penury”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “penury”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• pruney