The difference between Loafer and Yob
When used as nouns, loafer means an idle person, whereas yob means a boy.
check bellow for the other definitions of Loafer and Yob
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Loafer as a noun:
An idle person.
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Loafer as a noun:
A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
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Loafer as a noun (Southwestern US, _, dialects):
A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
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Yob as a noun (obsolete, costers, backslang):
A boy.
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Yob as a noun (pejorative, chiefly, British, Australia, NZ, slang):
A person who engages in antisocial behaviour and/or drunkenness.