Hobo vs. Yobo — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hobo and Yobo
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Definitions
Hobo➦
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.
Yobo➦
Yobo is a surname.
Hobo➦
A homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.
Yobo➦
A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.
Hobo➦
One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.
Yobo➦
A cruel and brutal fellow
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Hobo➦
A migrant worker.
Hobo➦
Also hobo bag A large, crescent-shaped handbag with a single shoulder strap and usually a zippered top.
Hobo➦
To live or wander like a vagrant.
Hobo➦
(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
Hobo➦
(North America) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
Hobo➦
A kind of large handbag.
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Hobo➦
To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.
Hobo➦
A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living.
Hobo➦
A disreputable vagrant;
A homeless tramp
He tried to help the really down-and-out bums