Vagabond vs Idler - What's the difference?
vagabond | idler |
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
Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
* Milton
* 1959 , Jack London, The Star Rover
One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
(nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watchOED 2nd edition 1989
A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idler%20wheelhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idler+pulleyOED 2nd edition 1989
(idle)
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As nouns the difference between vagabond and idler
is that vagabond is a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time while idler is one who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.As adjectives the difference between vagabond and idler
is that vagabond is floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro while idler is comparative of idle.As a verb vagabond
is to roam, as a vagabond.vagabond
English
Noun
(en noun)- A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.
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* personAdjective
(-)- To heaven their prayers / Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds / Blown vagabond or frustrate.
- 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.