idle vs bum

idle and bum both are nouns.

idle and bum both are adjectives.

idle and bum both are verbs.

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

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

idle: be idle; exist in a changeless situation
bum: be lazy or idle

Other hyponyms of idle include moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, daydream, moon, arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, lie about, lie around.

idle (noun)	bum (noun)
the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
	a vagrant
	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
	person who does no work

idle (adjective)	bum (adjective)
not in action or at work	of very poor quality; flimsy
silly or trivial
not in active use
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
not having a job
not yielding a return
without a basis in reason or fact

idle (verb)	bum (verb)
run disconnected or idle	ask for and get free; be a parasite
be idle; exist in a changeless situation	be lazy or idle

Difference between idle and bum

Words related to "bum"

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