Coat vs Jacket - What's the difference?

Jacket is a synonym of coat.

As nouns the difference between coat and jacket

is that coat is an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.^Wpjacket is a piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

As verbs the difference between coat and jacket

is that coat is to cover with a coat of some material while jacket is to enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

coat

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

*:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

(lb) A covering of material, such as paint.^(w)

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.

(lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).

(lb) A petticoat.

*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:a child in coats

The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .

A coat of arms.^(w)

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .

A coat card.

*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

*:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

Derived terms

* buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoat

Verb

(en verb)

To cover with a coat of some material

One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.

To cover as a coat.

Anagrams

* * * * 1000 English basic words

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.