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Pyjamas vs Undergown - What's the difference?

pyjamas | undergown |

As nouns the difference between pyjamas and undergown

is that pyjamas is (clothes for sleeping in) while undergown is a gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

pyjamas

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (clothes for sleeping in).
  • * 1973 , John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini , Dover Publications, US, page 231:
    • The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas .
  • * 2007 , , Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue , page 178:
    • She wasn?t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
  • (loose trousers worn by men and women in the Far East).
  • * 2010 , Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value , Indiana University Press, page 34:
    • They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis , and pyjamas .
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    undergown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.
    • An undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. — Sir Walter Scott.