Homeless vs Houseless - What's the difference?
homeless | houseless |
Lacking a permanent place of residence.
lacking or in need of a house or home
homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community.
As adjectives the difference between homeless and houseless
is that homeless is lacking a permanent place of residence while houseless is lacking or in need of a house or home.homeless
English
Adjective
(-)- Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.
Derived terms
* homeless dumping * homeless shelter * homelessnessSee also
* destitute * bum * unhoused * transienthouseless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "He said that he was houseless but not homeless because he went to school in that community, was registered to vote there, and had been living in the teepee for seventeen years. He said that teepee was his home."