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Drifter vs Bohemian - What's the difference?

drifter | bohemian |

As nouns the difference between drifter and bohemian

is that drifter is (pejorative) a person who moves from place to place or job to job while bohemian is (countable) a native or resident of bohemia.

As an adjective bohemian is

of, or relating to bohemia or its language.

drifter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
  • (nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
  • * 1995 , Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim (page 85)
    • In winds above 10 knots we usually run wing-and-wing with our 100 percent lapper set on a whisker pole opposite the mainsail. As the wind drops, we get out the drifter and set it flying to leeward (Fig. 1).
  • * 1999 , Lin Pardey, ?Larry Pardey, Cost Conscious Cruiser: Champagne Cruising on a Beer Budget
    • After trying a variety of light-wind sails, we've found the most versatile and simple one to be a nylon drifter .
  • * 2000 , Jim Howard, ?Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising (page 178)
    • Some people recommend a medium- to lightweight 140- or 150-percent headsail, and others go for a drifter /reacher.
  • (automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
  • * 2006 , Paul Morton, How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer (page 32)
    • However, sensing the available traction may actually be more important to a drifter .
  • * 2007 , Calvin Wan, Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook (page 132)
    • For professional drifters looking for even more fine-tuning of their suspension setups, some companies offer more advanced two-way adjustable shocks
  • * 2009 , Michael Bender, The Fast, the Fraudulent and the Fatal (page 50)
    • While this method is used by a few drifters in rear-wheel drive cars, this technique is really the only way one can drift in a front-wheel drive car.

    bohemian

    English

    (wikipedia bohemian)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
    • Please tell me you're not one of Toulouse's oh-so-talented, charmingly bohemian , tragically impoverished protégés!'' -

    See also

    * bohemium