rover vs drifter

rover and drifter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rover	Yes	No	No	No
drifter	Yes	No	No	No

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

rover: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
drifter: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Other hyponyms of rover include nomad, clochard, floater, vagabond, vagrant.

rover (noun)	drifter (noun)
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life	a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
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