The difference between Beggar and Truant
When used as nouns, beggar means a person who begs, whereas truant means one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
When used as verbs, beggar means to make a beggar of someone, whereas truant means to play truant.
Truant is also adjective with the meaning: absent without permission, especially from school.
check bellow for the other definitions of Beggar and Truant
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Beggar as a noun:
A person who begs.
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Beggar as a noun:
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
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Beggar as a noun (colloquial, sometimes, affectionate):
A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
Examples:
"What does that silly beggar think he's doing?"
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Beggar as a verb (transitive):
To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
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Beggar as a verb (transitive):
To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
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Truant as an adjective:
Absent without permission, especially from school.
Examples:
"He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendances to meet the requirement."
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Truant as an adjective:
Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.
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Truant as a noun:
One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
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Truant as a verb (intransitive):
To play truant.
Examples:
"the number of schoolchildren known to have truanted"
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Truant as a verb (transitive):
To idle away; to waste.
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Truant as a verb:
To idle away time.
Examples:
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