Nomadic vs Footloose - What's the difference?
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Of, or relating to nomads.
Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
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Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
As adjectives the difference between nomadic and footloose
is that nomadic is of, or relating to nomads while footloose is tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.As a noun footloose is
a sail that is not properly secured at the bottom.nomadic
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Alternative forms
* nomadick (obsolete)Adjective
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Anagrams
*footloose
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He was footloose in his youth.