Vagrant vs. Hobo
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Difference Between Vagrant and Hobo
Vagrantnoun
A person without a home; a wanderer.
Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighborhood begging for food.Hobonoun
(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
Vagrantnoun
An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species’ usual range.
Hobonoun
(North America) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
Vagrantnoun
(entomology) A widely-distributed Asian butterfly, Vagrans egista, family Nymphalidae.
Hobonoun
A kind of large handbag.
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Vagrantadjective
Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
Hoboverb
To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
''Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.Vagrantadjective
Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation.
a vagrant beggarHobonoun
a disreputable vagrant;
a homeless tramphe tried to help the really down-and-out bumsVagrantnoun
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
Vagrantadjective
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another;
a drifting double-dealerthe floating populationvagrant hippies of the sixtiesADVERTISEMENT
