Poncho vs Jacket - What's the difference?
poncho | jacket |
A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
* 1975 , Margery Turner Fisher, Who's Who in Children's Books , page 203
* 2011 , Bruce N. Anderson, Wingtips Under a Bolivian Poncho , page 130
A similar waterproof garment, with a hood.
* 2001 , Michael Rutter, Camping Made Easy , 2nd ed., page 98
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat (US)
A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)
(slang) A police record.
* 1995 , , 00:26:00:
* 1995 , , 00:43:50:
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
* 1897 , Alexander James Wallis-Tayler,
As verbs the difference between poncho and jacket
is that poncho is while jacket is to enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.As a noun jacket is
a piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.poncho
English
(wikipedia poncho)Noun
(en noun)- Garibaldi, with his cowboy's poncho , red shirt and the black ostrich feathers in his wide hat
- It was a gringo in a poncho . It was not really accurate to his suits worn today, but Julia would understand the symbolism that he was adapting to the culture and expectations while far away from home.
- If you have to hike all day in a poncho , your pants will be wet thigh-high before long (never mind how fast you'll get wet if you have to go through wet brush or grass).
See also
* (l) ----jacket
English
(wikipedia jacket)Noun
(en noun)- "We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. With my jacket , I can't go back to jail."
- "Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years."
Derived terms
* bedjacket * bookjacket * donkey jacket * dust jacket * flak jacket * jacket potato * leatherjacket * life jacket * Nehru jacket * smoking jacketDescendants
* Irish: * Japanese: * Korean: * Mandarin: * Scottish Gaelic: (l) * Welsh: (l)Verb
(en verb)Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads
- ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.