Itinerant vs Footloose - What's the difference?
itinerant | footloose | Synonyms |
Habitually travelling from place to place.
* Blackstone
One who travels from place to place.
(Ireland) a member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
Itinerant is a synonym of footloose.
As nouns the difference between itinerant and footloose
is that itinerant is a homeless person while footloose is (nautical) a sail that is not properly secured at the bottom.As adjectives the difference between itinerant and footloose
is that itinerant is which travels to perform its functions while footloose is tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.itinerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an itinerant preacher or peddler
- The king's own courts were then itinerant , being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.
Noun
(en noun)External links
* (wikipedia "itinerant")footloose
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was footloose in his youth.