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Bomber vs Jacket - What's the difference?

bomber | jacket |

As nouns the difference between bomber and jacket

is that bomber is a military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs while jacket is a piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

As an adjective bomber

is completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b. the forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual).

As a verb jacket is

to enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

bomber

English

Etymology 1

(bomb)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
  • A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
  • A bomber jacket.
  • * 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Guardian )
  • First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.
  • (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
  • Derived terms
    * bomber jacket * suicide bomber * stealth bomber * superbomber * torpedo bomber

    Etymology 2

    A shortened form of bombproof.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b. the forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual).
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    jacket

    English

    (wikipedia jacket)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
  • A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat (US)
  • A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)
  • (slang) A police record.
  • * 1995 , , 00:26:00:
  • "We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. With my jacket , I can't go back to jail."
  • * 1995 , , 00:43:50:
  • "Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years."
  • (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
  • Synonyms

    * (sense, piece of a person's suit) coat (US ) * (removable protective cover) sleeve

    Derived terms

    * bedjacket * bookjacket * donkey jacket * dust jacket * flak jacket * jacket potato * leatherjacket * life jacket * Nehru jacket * smoking jacket

    Descendants

    * Irish: * Japanese: * Korean: * Mandarin: * Scottish Gaelic: (l) * Welsh: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
  • * 1897 , Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads
  • ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.