Low
Low adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.
Usage example: people, both high and low, have been worshipping in this cathedral for centuries
Poor is a synonym for low in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Low", when it comes to topics like unfavourable, characteristic, humble, lowly.
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood
Low is a synonym for poor in lowborn topic. Sometimes you can use "Low" instead an adjective "Poor", if it concerns topics such as contemptible, lacking sufficient money.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The situation for the Chinese wasn't any better in World War II, being a poor and low tech nation in the middle of a civil war.
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Having no earth education or even papers, you end with low end jobs and living in medium low (or sometimes plain poor) salaries after months of hard work.
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You get it in poor condition, it suffers from low rate of fire and low clip size and its one good point, high accuracy, is largely useless with just the iron sights.
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