Hobo vs. Oboe — What's the Difference?

A hobo is a migrant worker or homeless vagrant, especially one who is impoverished. The term originated in the Western—probably Northwestern—United States around 1890.

The oboe ( OH-boh) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites.

A homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.

A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece, having a range of three octaves and a penetrating, poignant sound.

One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.

A reed stop in an organ that produces a sound similar to that of the oboe.

A migrant worker.

A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

Also hobo bag A large, crescent-shaped handbag with a single shoulder strap and usually a zippered top.

One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.

To live or wander like a vagrant.

A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.

(North America) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.

A kind of large handbag.

To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living.

A disreputable vagrant;