Nomad vs. Vagabond

Nomad vs. Vagabond — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Nomad and Vagabond

Nomadnoun

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

Vagabondnoun

A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.

Nomadnoun

(figuratively) nodot=a: an itinerant person.

Vagabondnoun

One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo.

Nomadnoun

(figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.

Vagabondverb

To roam, as a vagabond

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Nomadnoun

A player who changes teams frequently.

Vagabondadjective

Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

Nomadadjective

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Vagabondnoun

anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place;

pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea

Nomadnoun

a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

Vagabondnoun

a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

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Vagabondverb

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

The gypsies roamed the woodsroving vagabondsthe wandering JewThe cattle roam across the prairiethe laborers drift from one town to the nextThey rolled from town to town

Vagabondadjective

wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community;

led a vagabond lifea rootless wanderer

Vagabondadjective

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another;

a drifting double-dealerthe floating populationvagrant hippies of the sixties