The difference between Inferior and Poor
When used as nouns, inferior means a person of lower stature to another, whereas poor means those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
When used as adjectives, inferior means of lower quality, whereas poor means with little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
check bellow for the other definitions of Inferior and Poor
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Inferior as an adjective:
of lower quality
Examples:
"Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades."
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Inferior as an adjective:
of lower rank
Examples:
"an inferior officer"
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Inferior as an adjective (typography):
located below Printed in subscript.
Examples:
"an inferior figure or letter"
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Inferior as an adjective (botany):
Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
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Inferior as an adjective (botany):
On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
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Inferior as an adjective (astronomy):
Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
Examples:
"the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus"
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Inferior as an adjective (astronomy):
Below the horizon.
Examples:
"the inferior part of a meridian"
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Inferior as a noun:
a person of lower stature to another
Examples:
"As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want."
"ant superior"
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Poor as an adjective:
With little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Examples:
"We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."
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Poor as an adjective:
Of low quality.
Examples:
"That was a poor performance."
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Poor as an adjective:
Used to express pity.
Examples:
"Oh you poor little thing."
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Poor as an adjective:
Deficient in a specified way.
Examples:
"Cow's milk is poor in iron."
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Poor as an adjective:
Inadequate, insufficient.
Examples:
"I received a poor reward for all my hard work."
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Poor as an adjective:
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
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Poor as a noun (with "the"):
Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
Examples:
"The poor are always with us."