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Panhandler vs Moocher - What's the difference?

panhandler | moocher |

As nouns the difference between panhandler and moocher

is that panhandler is one who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change while moocher is a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves usually used as a pejorative.

panhandler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change.
  • A bum.

    • moocher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative.
  • * 2012 , The Economist, September 22nd, CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved
    • When says that 47% of Americans are moochers , or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.

    Synonyms

    * sponger