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Legging vs Pantyhose - What's the difference?

legging | pantyhose |

As nouns the difference between legging and pantyhose

is that legging is a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle while pantyhose is (north america) women's nylon tights worn about the legs.

As a verb legging

is .

legging

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
  • Tight fitting leg coverings worn, for example, to gym.
  • One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
  • * Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
  • The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
  • * 2000 , Michael Williams, Amy Hoffman, Fundamentals of Options Market (McGraw Hill Professional, page 128)
  • As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging .

    Derived terms

    * jeggings * meggings * treggings

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * legging it * bootlegging * peg-legging ----

    pantyhose

    Alternative forms

    * pantie hose * pantie-hose * pantihose * panty hose * panty-hose

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (North America) Women's nylon tights worn about the legs.
  • Synonyms

    * (British) tights (always plural, for example a pair of tights )