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Overall vs Overalls - What's the difference?

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Overalls is a synonym of overall.



As nouns the difference between overall and overalls

is that overall is a garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools while overalls is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective overall

is all-encompassing, all around.

As an adverb overall

is generally; with everything considered.

overall

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • All-encompassing, all around.
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    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Generally; with everything considered.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia overall) (en noun)
  • (British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
  • (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

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    overalls

    English

    (wikipedia overalls)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (not US or Canada) Loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
  • (qualifier) Loose fitting pair of pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.
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    Synonyms

    * (loose-fitting protective garment) boiler suit (UK), coveralls (qualifier) * (pants with bib) dungarees (UK); overall