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Nomad vs Pastoralism - What's the difference?

nomad | pastoralism |

As nouns the difference between nomad and pastoralism

is that nomad is nomad while pastoralism is the state of being pastoral.

As an adjective nomad

is nomadic.

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.
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  • , 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 }}

    pastoralism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pastoralism) (-)
  • the state of being pastoral
  • animal husbandry; the raising and herding of farm animals