Runaway vs Itinerant - What's the difference?
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A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
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A train that is out of control.
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(usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
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The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
An overwhelming victory.
Habitually travelling from place to place.
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One who travels from place to place.
(Ireland) a member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
Runaway is a related term of itinerant.
As nouns the difference between runaway and itinerant
is that runaway is a person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations while itinerant is a homeless person.As an adjective itinerant is
which travels to perform its functions.runaway
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Alternative forms
* run-awayNoun
(en noun)- Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
- Thou runaway , thou coward, art thou fled?
- There was a runaway yesterday.
- The home side won in a runaway .
Usage notes
This word is frequently used attributively, as in "runaway X" to mean "an X which has run away" or "an X which is out of control".itinerant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an itinerant preacher or peddler
- The king's own courts were then itinerant , being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.
