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Jeans vs Tracksuit - What's the difference?

jeans | tracksuit |

As nouns the difference between jeans and tracksuit

is that jeans is a pair of trousers made from denim cotton while tracksuit is a garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.

As a proper noun Jeans

is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names}} derived from a medieval variant of {{term|John}}.

jeans

English

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly) A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * blue jeans * cream in one's jeans

    Related terms

    * Genoese, Genovese

    Anagrams

    * English pluralia tantum ----

    tracksuit

    English

    (wikipedia tracksuit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms ) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}

    Synonyms

    * jogging suit (US) * jogger, joggers (British)

    See also

    * shell suit * sweat shirt