Vagrant vs. Transient

Vagrantnoun

A person without a home; a wanderer.

‘Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighborhood begging for food.’;

Transientadjective

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

‘a transient pleasure’;

Vagrantnoun

An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species’ usual range.

Transientadjective

Remaining for only a brief time.

‘a transient view of a landscape’; ‘a transient disease’;

Vagrantnoun

(entomology) A widely-distributed Asian butterfly, Vagrans egista, family Nymphalidae.

Transientadjective

(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

Vagrantadjective

Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

Transientadjective

having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

Vagrantadjective

Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation.

‘a vagrant beggar’;

Transientadjective

Occasional; isolated; one-off

Vagrantadjective

Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

‘That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took.’; ‘While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love.’;

Transientadjective

Passing through; passing from one person to another.

Vagrantadjective

Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.

Transientadjective

(philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Vagrantnoun

One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.

‘Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view.’;

Transientnoun

Something which is transient.

Vagrantnoun

a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Transientnoun

(physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.

Vagrantadjective

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another;

‘a drifting double-dealer’; ‘the floating population’; ‘vagrant hippies of the sixties’;

Transientnoun

(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.

Vagrantnoun

a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.

Transientnoun

A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker

Vagrantnoun

a wanderer.

Transientnoun

An unhoused person

Vagrantnoun

a bird that has strayed or been blown from its usual range or migratory route

‘most birders are hoping to find the wind-blown vagrants of migration’;

Transientadjective

Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.

Vagrantadjective

relating to or living the life of a vagrant

‘vagrant beggars’;

Transientadjective

Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.

Vagrantadjective

moving from place to place; wandering

‘vagrant whales’;

Transientadjective

Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.

‘What is loose love? A transient gust.’; ‘If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay,Age must be loveliest at the latest day.’; ‘O fleeting joysOf Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes.’;

Vagrantadjective

moving or behaving unpredictably; inconstant

‘the vagrant heart of my mother’;

Transientnoun

That which remains but for a brief time.

Transientnoun

one who stays for only a short time;

‘transient laborers’;

Transientnoun

(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

Transientadjective

of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

Transientadjective

enduring a very short time;

‘the ephemeral joys of childhood’; ‘a passing fancy’; ‘youth's transient beauty’; ‘love is transitory but at is eternal’; ‘fugacious blossoms’;

Transientadjective

lasting only for a short time; impermanent

‘a transient cold spell’;

Transientadjective

staying or working in a place for a short time only

‘the transient nature of the labour force in catering’;

Transientnoun

a person who is staying or working in a place for a short time only.

Transientnoun

a momentary variation in current, voltage, or frequency.