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Homeless vs Rejected - What's the difference?

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As an adjective homeless

is lacking a permanent place of residence.

As a verb rejected is

past tense of reject.

homeless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lacking a permanent place of residence.
  • Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

    Derived terms

    * homeless dumping * homeless shelter * homelessness

    See also

    * destitute * bum * unhoused * transient

    rejected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reject)

  • reject

    English

    (wikipedia reject)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refuse to accept.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
  • (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
  • Synonyms

    * (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

    Antonyms

    * (refuse to accept) accept, take up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is rejected.
  • An unpopular person.
  • Synonyms

    * (something that is rejected) castaway * (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, alien