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Bikini vs Handkerchief - What's the difference?

bikini | handkerchief |

As a proper noun bikini

is bikini atoll.

As a noun handkerchief is

a piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

bikini

English

(wikipedia bikini)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women.
  • * 1950 , "In the Swim", Time , 2 Oct 1950:
    • Cole has little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: " French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer. "

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * monokini

    Derived terms

    * bikini bottom * bikini line * bikini wax * flagkini * mankini * monokini * tankini * trikini

    handkerchief

    English

    (wikipedia handkerchief)

    Alternative forms

    * handkercher (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.}}
  • A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.

    • Synonyms

    * hanky * pocket handkerchief