Difference between Ragamuffin and Tatterdemalion

What is the difference between Ragamuffin and Tatterdemalion?

Ragamuffin as a noun is a dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. while Tatterdemalion as a noun is a person with tattered clothing, a pauper.

Ragamuffin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. (According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable): A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a 'regular muff'; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags. A breed of domestic cat which is an off shoot from the Ragdoll.

Tatterdemalion

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Tattered.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person with tattered clothing, a pauper.

We hope you now know whether to use Ragamuffin or Tatterdemalion in your sentence.

Also read

Difference between Divestment and Liquidation

pliability and pliantness - What's the difference?

Difference between Fluorochrome and Fluorophore

Pidgeon and Pigeon - What's the difference?

behave vs acquit

Difference between bellini and Bellini

air vs aerate

Difference between impolite and unmannered

Popular Articles

NavIC vs. GPS vs. GLONASS vs. Galileo: Differences between Navigation Systems

Vaccination vs. Immunization: What's the Difference

Difference Between Level 1, Level 2 And Level 3 Electric Car Chargers

Difference between Disney+ Hotstar(Indian version) and Disney+ international version