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Deadbeat vs Layabout - What's the difference?

deadbeat | layabout |

As nouns the difference between deadbeat and layabout

is that deadbeat is a lazy person while layabout is a lazy person.

As an adjective deadbeat

is having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.

deadbeat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a lazy person
  • a person who defaults on his debts

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
  • defaulting on one's debts
  • defeated or exhausted
    • English pejoratives

    layabout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lazy person.

    • Synonyms

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