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Negligee vs Nightie - What's the difference?

negligee | nightie |

As nouns the difference between negligee and nightie

is that negligee is a light women's gown while nightie is a woman's nightgown or nightdress; a dress-like garment worn to bed.

negligee

English

Alternative forms

* negligee *

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A light women's gown.
  • A loose women's dressing-gown, especially when lacy or revealing; a nightgown.
  • * 2000 , The Guardian , 4 July 2000:
    • Enkhbayar has promised more jobs, free education and higher public service wages to the poverty-ravaged country. But who needs those when you've got dancing girls in black negligees ?

    See also

    * ("négligée" on Wikipedia) ----

    nightie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * nighty

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress; a dress-like garment worn to bed.
    • I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie .

    Derived terms

    * off like a bride's nightie

    See also

    * lingerie * negligee

    Anagrams

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