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And you really think people use and understand these terms like that?
You may be correct in the academic sense, but completely wrong in all other senses.
Are you suggesting that the incorrect terms should be used to cater to those of you that don't know there is a difference? Even if you were unaware that there is actually a difference, was the intent and meaning of the headline lost in confusion, or did you understand exactly what they meant?
The "correct" term is the one the target audience understands to mean what is happening.
The "difference", again, is academic. They are de facto used interchangeably. Did the author know the difference? No idea. Could anyone tell, which group the people in question belong to? Probably not.
So what exactly are you trying to achieve here?
So what did you think unhoused meant? Did any meaning get lost?
That's the thing: You can't know that.
We don't know what was meant, we don't know what happened.
So the autistic insistence on nitpicky details adds zero clarity to anything. It's inherently unknowable.
We know what the meant by the word they chose to use. They specifically said "unhoused". Your insinuation is that the author doesn't know what they're talking about and may have used the wrong word instead of believing they know what they're doing.
You're the one being nitpicky on details by your original response when you were critical of the word choice. We're educating you that there is in fact a difference and that the OG headline is accurate. That hurts your butt.
He isn't correct in an academic sense. They are synonyms. Unhoused is being used because homeless has negative connotation to it.
@Grimy Maybe. But unless you can produce a source, it sounds to me like you're only guessing, and forming an essentialism from your feelings and assumptions rather than from evidence.
Read his comments, the sources he gives are in agreement with me. I dont give sources for things that are a Google search away.