Difference between Jobless and Unemployed

What is the difference between Jobless and Unemployed?

Jobless as an adjective is lacking employment. while Unemployed as an adjective is having no job (despite being able and willing to work).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking employment.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having no job (despite being able and willing to work).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (the unemployed; plural) Unemployed people considered as a group.

Example sentence: Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

We hope you now know whether to use Jobless or Unemployed in your sentence.