Difference between Short and Poor

What is the difference between Short and Poor?

Short as an adjective is having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. while Poor as an adjective is with little or no possessions or money.

Short

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: abruptly unawares briefly curtly without achieving a goal or requirement of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full With a negative ownership position.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short circuit. shortstop A short seller A short sale

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause a short circuit in (something). Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. To shortchange. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. Of comparatively little height. Having little duration; opposite of long. Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another). that bounced relatively far from the batsman relatively close to the batsman brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust missing, deficient Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Example sentence: The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.

Poor

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: With little or no possessions or money.To be pitied.Of low quality.Of inadequate amount.Deficient in a specified way.Those people as a group who have little or no possessions or money. (see usage notes)

Example sentence: I don't believe in nationalism. I think it's a bunch of slogans. It's a bunch of poor attempts at creating pride. My problem with nationalism is that it becomes exclusionary. We start to exclude people.

We hope you now know whether to use Short or Poor in your sentence.

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