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passenger vs stowaway

stowaway vs passenger

passenger and stowaway both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
passenger Yes No No No
stowaway Yes No No No
As nouns, stowaway is a hyponym of passenger; that is, stowaway is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than passenger:
  • passenger: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
  • stowaway: a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
Other hyponyms of passenger include commuter, fare, hitchhiker, straphanger.
passenger (noun) stowaway (noun)
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
Difference between passenger and stowaway

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