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Nightshirt vs Nightgown - What's the difference?

nightshirt | nightgown |

As nouns the difference between nightshirt and nightgown

is that nightshirt is a shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed while nightgown is a garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in.

nightshirt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.
    • He wore a blue striped nightshirt and bedroom slippers.

    nightgown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in.

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