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bum vs lounger

lounger vs bum

bum and lounger both are nouns.

bum is an adjective but lounger is not an adjective.

bum is a verb but lounger is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bum Yes Yes Yes No
lounger Yes No No No
As nouns, lounger is a hyponym of bum; that is, lounger is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bum:
  • bum: person who does no work
  • lounger: someone who wastes time
Other hyponyms of bum include clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, mope, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer, daydreamer, woolgatherer, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, lazybones, lie-abed, slugabed, loon, shirker, slacker, slug, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trifler, whittler.
bum (noun) lounger (noun)
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it
a vagrant an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible someone who wastes time
person who does no work
bum (adjective) lounger (adjective)
of very poor quality; flimsy
bum (verb) lounger (verb)
ask for and get free; be a parasite
be lazy or idle
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