Difference between Vagabond and Tramp

What is the difference between Vagabond and Tramp?

Vagabond as a verb is to roam, as a vagabond while Tramp as a verb is to walk with heavy footsteps.

Vagabond

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To roam, as a vagabond

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. A bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person.

Tramp

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To walk with heavy footsteps.To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A homeless person, a vagabond.A disreputable woman.Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.Short for trampoline, especially very small ones.A long walk, generally of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

Example sentence: A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

We hope you now know whether to use Vagabond or Tramp in your sentence.

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