The difference between Poor and Rich
When used as adjectives, poor means with little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them, whereas rich means wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
Poor is also noun with the meaning: those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
Rich is also verb with the meaning: to enrich.
check bellow for the other definitions of Poor and Rich
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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."
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Rich as an adjective:
Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
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Rich as an adjective:
Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
Examples:
"a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry"
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Rich as an adjective:
Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
Examples:
"a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop"
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Rich as an adjective:
Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
Examples:
"rich soil or land; a rich mine"
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Rich as an adjective:
Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
Examples:
"a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents"
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Rich as an adjective:
Not faint or delicate; vivid.
Examples:
"a rich red colour"
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Rich as an adjective (informal, dated):
Very amusing.
Examples:
"The scene was a rich one."
"a rich incident or character"
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Rich as an adjective (informal):
Ridiculous, absurd.
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Rich as an adjective (computing):
Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
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Rich as an adjective:
Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
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Rich as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To enrich.
Examples:
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Rich as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To become rich.