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Pantaloons vs Culottes - What's the difference?

pantaloons | culottes |

As nouns the difference between pantaloons and culottes

is that pantaloons is an article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle while culottes is a type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.

pantaloons

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.

    • Derived terms

    * pants * panty/panties * pantyhose

    Related terms

    * pantaloon

    culottes

    English

    (wikipedia culottes)

    Noun

  • A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.

    • Synonyms

    * culotte

    Related terms

    * sans-culottes