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What is the difference between hobo and beggar ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between hobo and beggar ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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A beggar would normally be someone who just stands or sits in a public place and asks for money or handouts. A hobo is someone who travels around, like in boxcars on trains. It's not very common today but in the old days, especially during the Great Depression, there were many hobos. Looking for work, food, handouts along the way.
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@julianagamaoliveira traditionally the word "hobo" referred to someone that was homeless and used the train systems (sneaking onto freight trains) to travel around the United States working here or there or just traveling.
a beggar is someone that asks for money.
in more modern times a hobo just means a homeless person but doesn't necessarily ask people for money.
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A beggar is defined by asking for money in public. A hobo is defined by being homeless and traveling a lot, especially by sneaking onto trains.
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