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What is the difference between nightshirt and pajamas?

nightshirt | pajamas |

Nightshirt is a see also of pajamas.


As nouns the difference between nightshirt and pajamas

is that nightshirt is a shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed while pajamas is clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

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.

    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