Bummer vs. Bum — What's the Difference?

(Slang) One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints

A tramp; a vagrant.

(Slang) An adverse reaction to a hallucinogenic drug.

A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.

A loafer or idler.

An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person

A beggar.

One who spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity

A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.

The buttocks.

An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.

A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.

To pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.

(colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.

(Informal) To be depressed, disheartened, or dismayed

A gay man.

To acquire by begging; cadge.

(colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

(Informal) To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.

An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums.

Inferior; worthless

An unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught in a cloudburst while wearing my best suit was a bummer.

Disabled; malfunctioning

An experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing;

Unfavorable or unfair

A bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug

Unpleasant; lousy

The buttocks.

The anus.

A homeless person, usually a man.

A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.

A player or racer who often performs poorly.

(colloquial) A drinking spree.

(dated) A humming noise.

(obsolete) A bumbailiff.

To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.

To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

To depress; to make unhappy.

(intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.

(UK) An expression of annoyance.

Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

Unfair.

Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

Unpleasant or unhappy.

The buttock.

A humming noise.

To make murmuring or humming sound.

To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; - usually with inexpensive items as the object.

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

A disreputable vagrant;

Person who does no work;

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Ask for and get free; be a parasite

Be lazy or idle;

Of very poor quality