mooch vs mendicant
mendicant vs moochmooch and mendicant both are nouns.
mooch is not an adjective while mendicant is an adjective.
mooch is a verb but mendicant is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mooch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| mendicant | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
mendicant is a hypernym of
mooch; that is, mendicant is a
word with a broader meaning than mooch:
- mooch: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
- mendicant: a pauper who lives by begging
Other hypernyms of mooch include
beggar.
| mooch (noun) | mendicant (noun) |
|---|---|
| someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | a pauper who lives by begging |
| a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms |
| mooch (adjective) | mendicant (adjective) |
|---|---|
| practicing beggary |
| mooch (verb) | mendicant (verb) |
|---|---|
| ask for and get free; be a parasite |
Words related to "mooch"
Words related to "mendicant"
- Augustinian
- Black Friar
- Blackfriar
- Carmelite
- Dominican
- Franciscan
- Grey Friar
- Lazarus
- White Friar
- beggar
- beggarman
- beggarwoman
- beseeching
- cadger
- depreciation
- derogation
- disparagement
- friar
- friar preacher
- imploring
- mendicancy
- mooch
- moocher
- panhandler
- pauper
- pleading
- religious
- sannyasi
- sannyasin
- sanyasi
- scrounger
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