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Vagabond vs Gangrel - What's the difference?

vagabond | gangrel |

As nouns the difference between vagabond and gangrel

is that vagabond is a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time while gangrel is a vagrant.

As a verb vagabond

is to roam, as a vagabond.

As an adjective vagabond

is floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

vagabond

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  • One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo.
  • * Bible, Genesis iv. 12
    • A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hypernyms

    * person

    Related terms

    * extravagant

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To roam, as a vagabond

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
  • * Milton
    • To heaven their prayers / Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds / Blown vagabond or frustrate.
  • * 1959 , Jack London, The Star Rover
    • Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.
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    gangrel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vagrant.
  • A tall awkward fellow.
  • A child just beginning to walk, toddler.
  • (dialectal, Scotland) A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.