floater vs bum

floater and bum both are nouns.

floater is not an adjective while bum is an adjective.

floater is not a verb while bum is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
floater	Yes	No	No	No
bum	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, bum is a hyponym of floater; that is, bum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than floater:

floater: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
bum: a vagrant

Other hyponyms of floater include beachcomber, sundowner, hobo, tramp.

floater (noun)	bum (noun)
an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
an object that floats or is capable of floating	a vagrant
a swimmer who floats in the water	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support	person who does no work
a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

floater (adjective)	bum (adjective)
	of very poor quality; flimsy

floater (verb)	bum (verb)
	ask for and get free; be a parasite
	be lazy or idle

Difference between floater and bum

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