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Sweater vs Turtleneck - What's the difference?

sweater | turtleneck |

As nouns the difference between sweater and turtleneck

is that sweater is a knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise while turtleneck is a high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.

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

    turtleneck

    English

    Alternative forms

    * turtle neck * turtle-neck

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
  • (US) A turtleneck sweater.

    • Synonyms

    * (collar): polo neck (UK), turtleneck collar (US) * (sweater): polo neck sweater (UK), turtleneck sweater (US)

    Derived terms

    * mock turtleneck * turtleneck collar * turtle-necked, turtlenecked * turtle-neck sweater, turtleneck sweater