Beggar vs Hobo - What's the difference?
beggar | hobo |
A person who begs.
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A person suffering from extreme poverty.
* 1883 , :
A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails.
A migratory laborer
(pejorative) A tramp, vagabond; hence bum
To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
As a noun beggar
is .beggar
English
(wikipedia beggar)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
- Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar .
- I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar , sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!
Synonyms
* (who begs) mendicant, panhandler, schnorrer, spanger, truant * (extremely poor person) palliard, pauper, vagabondDerived terms
* beggarly * beggarliness * beggar's-lice * beggar-tick * beggarweed * beggary * beggars can't be choosersSynonyms
* ruinDerived terms
* beggar-my-neighbor * beggar thy neighbor * beggar belief * beggar descriptionAnagrams
* English agent nounshobo
English
(wikipedia hobo)Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
* Often used attributively, as if an adjective. For example, "hobo stew", "he was leading a hobo life."Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* hobohemia * hoboism * hobo spider * hobo stoveVerb
(en verb)- Joe idly hoboed''' through half the country till he realized ' hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.