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Jeans vs Pantaloons - What's the difference?

jeans | pantaloons |

As nouns the difference between jeans and pantaloons

is that jeans is while pantaloons is an article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.

As a proper noun jeans

is derived from a medieval variant of (john).

jeans

English

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly) A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
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  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * blue jeans * cream in one's jeans

    Anagrams

    * English pluralia tantum ----

    pantaloons

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.
  • Derived terms

    * pants * panty/panties * pantyhose