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Crewneck vs Crewnecked - What's the difference?

crewneck | crewnecked |

As a noun crewneck

is a round neckline with a ribbed texture.

As an adjective crewnecked is

having a crewneck.

crewneck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A round neckline with a ribbed texture.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 15, author=Geoffrey Wolff, title=Suburban Suffering, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=For a writer celebrated for his control of his characters’ inner lives, for a husband and father notoriously prickly about his expression of the suburban proprieties — the crewneck Shetland sweater and khakis, the plummy faux-Brahmin accent, the adoring Labrador at his feet, the woodpile neatly stacked and grass hand-scythed — here was scandal in full spate, sludge flooding over his family and friends. }}
  • (by extension) A shirt, sweater, or similar garment with such a neckline.

    • crewnecked

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a crewneck.
  • * 1999 , Jenny Pitman, Jenny Pitman: The Autobiography (page 210)
    • Usually I wore white crewnecked jumpers, because they were easy. I had a collection of them, but one seemed particularly lucky and I'd put it on that morning.