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Sweater vs Guernsey - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sweater and guernsey

is that sweater is a knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise while guernsey is a seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.

sweater

English

(wikipedia sweater)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
  • A similar garment worn for warmth.
  • One who sweats (produces sweat).
  • *
  • One who or that which causes to sweat.
  • *1906 , Chesterton, Charles Dickens ,
  • *:We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters ; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims.

    • Synonyms

    * sweatshirt * jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly * perspirer * exploiter

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    guernsey

    English

    (wikipedia Guernsey)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The second-largest of the Channel Islands.
  • An unincorporated community in California.
  • A city in Iowa.
  • A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • A town in Wyoming.

    • Noun

    (Guernsey)
  • A breed of dairy cattle originally bred in Guernsey.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A specimen of the Guernsey breed.
  • A knitted fisherman’s sweater of a type made on the island.
  • A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically).
  • (Australia) A team-liveried shirt; a jersey.
  • (Australia) Selection or election to a position.