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Gypsy vs Nomad - What's the difference?

gypsy | nomad |

As nouns the difference between gypsy and nomad

is that gypsy is alternative form of Gypsy|lang=en: a member of the Romani people while nomad is a member of a group of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc.

As an adjective gypsy

is alternative form of Gypsy|lang=en: of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).

As a verb gypsy

is to roam around the country like a gypsy.

As a proper noun Gypsy

is the language Romani.

gypsy

English

Alternative forms

* gipsy, gipsey (archaic) * gypsey, gypsie (archaic)

Noun

(gypsies)
  • (sometimes, offensive) : a member of the Romani people.
  • (offensive) An itinerant person or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft; a member of a nomadic people, not necessarily Romani; a carny.
  • * :
    • Like a right gypsy , hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
  • * :
    • I will look on your treasures, gypsy . Is this understood?

    Usage notes

    See the usage note about Gypsy .

    Derived terms

    * gypsiologist, gypsiology * gypsycraft * gypsy hat * gypsyish * gypsyism * gypsy's kiss * gypsylike * gypsy winch * gypsywort

    Adjective

    (-)
  • : of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).
  • (offensive) Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
    • If anyone questions them, they'll fold up faster than a gypsy roofing company.

    Usage notes

    See the notes about .

    Derived terms

    * gypsy cab * gypsy moth * gypsy mushroom * gyp, gip

    Verb

  • To roam around the country like a gypsy.

    • See also

    * bohemian, vagabond, vagrant * traveller, traveler, pavee; pikey * knacker, tinker * Romani, Rom, Roma, Sinti, Romanichal * (Gypsy)

    References

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    nomad

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia nomad) (en noun)
  • A member of a group of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads , wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • A wanderer.

    • Derived terms

    * grey nomad * nomade * nomadic * nomadism

    Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , nòm?d, nomadi , nomáda, nomada , nomadu, nomadima , nomada, nomade , nomade, nomadi , nomadu, nomadima , nomadom, nomadima }}