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Nomadic vs Footloose - What's the difference?

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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

English

Alternative forms

* nomadick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to nomads.
  • Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
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  • , author=Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore , title=Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight , volume=101, issue=1, page=47–48 , magazine= citation , passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}

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    footloose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
  • He was footloose in his youth.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A sail that is not properly secured at the bottom.
  • Derived terms

    * footloose and fancy free

    See also

    * itchy feet * wanderlust