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Pajamas vs Loungewear - What's the difference?

pajamas | loungewear |

As nouns the difference between pajamas and loungewear

is that pajamas is clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers while loungewear is loose clothing in which one can lounge.

pajamas

English

Alternative forms

* pyjamas

Noun

(wikipedia pajamas)
  • Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
  • Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.

    • Derived terms

    * cat's pajamas

    See also

    * nightshirt * nightie

    loungewear

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Loose clothing in which one can lounge.