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Cooler vs Shirt - What's the difference?

cooler | shirt |

As nouns the difference between cooler and shirt

is that cooler is (countable) anything which cools while shirt is an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

As an adjective cooler

is (cool).

As a verb shirt is

to cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

cooler

English

Noun

  • (countable) anything which cools
  • If acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. — Arbuthnot.
  • (countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
  • (US, countable, or, uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
  • They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
  • (US, slang) a prison
  • "About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
  • (poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
  • (countable) a bouncer or door man
  • Synonyms

    * car fridge * cool bag, cool box (UK) * chilly bin (New Zealand) * esky (Australia) * ice chest * bouncer

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (cool)
  • He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

    Derived terms

    * cooler heads will prevail

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shirt

    English

    (wikipedia shirt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
  • * Addison
  • Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts .
  • * Bishop Fisher
  • She had her shirts and girdles of hair.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled.}}
  • a member of the shirt-wearing team.
  • Derived terms

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.
  • (Dryden)