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Smock vs Jacket - What's the difference?

smock | jacket |

In transitive terms the difference between smock and jacket

is that smock is to apply smocking while jacket is to enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

As an adjective smock

is of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock.

smock

English

(wikipedia smock)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman's undergarment; a shift; a chemise.
  • *14th century ,
  • *:Before the folk herselfe stripped she,
  • *:And in her smock , with foot and head all bare,
  • *:Toward her father's house forth is she fare.
  • A blouse; a smock frock.
    • (Carlyle)
  • A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock
  • Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.

    • Derived terms

    * smock mill * smock race

    Verb

  • To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. .
  • To apply smocking.

    • References

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    Anagrams

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    jacket

    English

    (wikipedia jacket)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
    • "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."
  • * 1995 , , 00:43:50:
    • "Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years."
  • (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, piece of a person's suit) coat (US ) * (removable protective cover) sleeve

    Derived terms

    * bedjacket * bookjacket * donkey jacket * dust jacket * flak jacket * jacket potato * leatherjacket * life jacket * Nehru jacket * smoking jacket

    Descendants

    * Irish: * Japanese: * Korean: * Mandarin: * Scottish Gaelic: (l) * Welsh: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
  • * 1897 , Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, 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.