Tramp vs. Train — What's the Difference?

A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as a vagrant, traditionally walking all year round.

A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally run along a railroad (or railway) track to transport passengers or cargo (also known as "freight" or "goods"). The word train comes from the Old French trahiner, derived from the Latin trahere meaning 'to pull, to draw'.Motive power for a train is provided by a separate locomotive or individual motors in a self-propelled multiple unit.

Walk heavily or noisily

Teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through sustained practice and instruction

A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar.

Point or aim something, typically a gun or camera, at

The sound of heavy steps

Go by train

A long walk, typically a tiring one

Entice (someone).

A cargo vessel that carries goods between many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route

A series of connected railway carriages or wagons moved by a locomotive or by integral motors

A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

A number of vehicles or pack animals moving in a line

A metal plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging.

A long piece of material attached to the back of a formal dress or robe that trails along the ground

To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.

A trail of gunpowder for firing an explosive charge.

To travel on foot; hike.

A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.

To wander about aimlessly.

A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.

To traverse on foot

The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.

To tread down; trample

A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.

A heavy footfall.

A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.

The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.

An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence.

A walking trip; a hike.

A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.

One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.

A set of linked mechanical parts

A prostitute.

A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.

A person regarded as promiscuous.

To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance.

(Nautical) A tramp steamer.

To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice.

A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.

To prepare physically, as with a regimen

A homeless person; a vagabond.

To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating.

(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

To point or direct (a gun or camera, for example) at something.

Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

To let drag behind; trail.

A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

To give or undergo a course of training

Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

To travel by railroad train.

Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted

Elongated or trailing portion.

A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.

The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.

To walk with heavy footsteps.

A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.

To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

The tail of a bird.

To hitchhike.

(obsolete) The tail of an animal in general.

(transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

(poetic) The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.

(transitive) To travel or wander through.

(astronomy) A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

An animal's trail or track.

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

Something dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal.

To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.

(obsolete) Gait or manner of running of a horse.

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

Connected sequence of people or things.

To travel; to wander; to stroll.

A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.

A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.

A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.

A group or class of people.

The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.

(military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.

A tool for trimming hedges.

A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.

A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.

A disreputable vagrant;

(obsolete) State of progress, status, situation (in phrases introduced by in a + adjective); also proper order or situation (introduced by in or in a alone).

A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.

A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

A series of electrical pulses.

A heavy footfall;

A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.

A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.

A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.

Travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition;

(computing) A software release schedule.

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;

An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.

Cross on foot;

Treachery; deceit.

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

A trick or stratagem.

A trap for animals, a snare; (figuratively) a trap in general.

A lure; a decoy.

A live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as training or enticement.

(obsolete) train oil, whale oil.

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

(transitive) To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

(intransitive) To improve one's fitness.

(intransitive) To proceed in sequence.

(transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.

To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.

To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).

To draw (something) along; to trail, to drag (something).

To trail down or along the ground.

To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.

To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.

To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.

Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.

That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.

That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.

A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.

The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.

A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.

The tail of a bird.

Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.

The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.

A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad; - called also railroad train.

A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.

Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive;

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;

A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file;

A series of consequences wrought by an event;

Piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor;

Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;

Create by training and teaching;

Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession;

Train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;

Prepare (someone) for a future role or function;

Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports;

Exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition;

Train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it;

Travel by rail or train;

Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;