Difference between Slummy and Poor

What is the difference between Slummy and Poor?

Slummy as an adjective is like a slum. run down, dirty, decrepit. while Poor as an adjective is with little or no possessions or money.

Slummy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Like a slum. Run down, dirty, decrepit.

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: This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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

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