Tramp vs. Homeless

Tramp vs. Homeless — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tramp and Homeless

Trampnoun

A homeless person; a vagabond.

Homelessadjective

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

Trampnoun

(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

"I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp.""Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."

Homelessnoun

someone with no housing;

the homeless became a problem in the large cities

Trampnoun

Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

see Wikipedia:tramp steamer

Homelessnoun

people who are homeless;

the homeless lived on the city streets
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Trampnoun

A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

Homelessadjective

without nationality or citizenship;

stateless persons

Trampnoun

clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

Homelessadjective

physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;

made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another

Trampnoun

Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted

Trampverb

To walk with heavy footsteps.

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Trampverb

To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.

Trampverb

To hitchhike.

Trampverb

(transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

Trampverb

(transitive) To travel or wander through.

to tramp the country

Trampverb

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

Trampnoun

a disreputable vagrant;

a homeless tramphe tried to help the really down-and-out bums

Trampnoun

a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

Trampnoun

a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

Trampnoun

a heavy footfall;

the tramp of military boots

Trampnoun

a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

Trampnoun

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

Trampverb

travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition;

We went tramping about the state of Colorado

Trampverb

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;

Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

Trampverb

cross on foot;

We had to tramp the creeks

Trampverb

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