Homeless vs. Hobo

Homelessadjective

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

Homelessadjective

Destitute of a home.

Homeless

Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase the homeless.

Homelessnoun

someone with no housing;

Homelessnoun

people who are homeless;

Homelessadjective

without nationality or citizenship;

Homelessadjective

physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;

Homelessadjective

(of a person) without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets

Hobonoun

(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.

Hobonoun

(North America) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.

Hobonoun

A kind of large handbag.

Hoboverb

To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

Hobonoun

A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living.

Hobonoun

a disreputable vagrant;

Hobonoun

a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.

Hobo

A hobo is a migrant worker or homeless vagrant, especially one who is impoverished. The term originated in the Western—probably Northwestern—United States around 1890.