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Sweater vs Tracksuit - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sweater and tracksuit

is that sweater is a knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise while tracksuit is a garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms ) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics the tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.

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

    tracksuit

    English

    (wikipedia tracksuit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms ) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}

    Synonyms

    * jogging suit (US) * jogger, joggers (British)

    See also

    * shell suit * sweat shirt