absent vs houseless

absent

adj
  • Not existing; lacking. 

  • Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. 

  • Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. 

prep
  • In the absence of; without; except. 

verb
  • To keep (oneself) away. 

  • Leave. 

noun
  • Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there. 

houseless

adj
  • lacking or in need of a house or home 

  • homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community. 

How often have the words absent and houseless occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )