transient vs vagabond

transient

noun
  • A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker. 

  • A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum. 

  • A homeless person. 

  • homestay 

  • A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge. 

  • A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time. 

  • Something that is transient. 

adj
  • Intermediate. 

  • Occasional; isolated; one-off 

  • having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again. 

  • Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. 

  • Decaying with time, especially exponentially. 

  • Operating beyond itself; having an external effect. 

  • Passing through; passing from one person to another. 

  • Remaining for only a brief time. 

vagabond

noun
  • A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. 

  • One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood. 

verb
  • To roam, as a vagabond 

adj
  • Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro. 

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