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Layabout vs Loafer - What's the difference?

layabout | loafer |

As nouns the difference between layabout and loafer

is that layabout is a lazy person while loafer is an idle person.

layabout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lazy person.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    loafer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An idle person.
  • A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

    • Synonyms

    * (idle person ): bum, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo * (footwear ): penny loafer * See also

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