different between homelessness vs sleepout

English

homeless +? -ness

homelessness (countable and uncountable, plural homelessnesses)

From sleep out.

sleepout (plural sleepouts)

(Australia, New Zealand) A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
- 2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, p. 2:
  As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs.
an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.

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