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Swimwear vs Beachwear - What's the difference?

swimwear | beachwear |

As nouns the difference between swimwear and beachwear

is that swimwear is items of clothing appropriate for swimming while beachwear is clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in.

swimwear

English

Noun

(-)
  • Items of clothing appropriate for swimming
  • * April 19 2002 , Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tide [http://www.avclub.com/articles/dark-tide,72548/]
    • For Stockwell’s purposes, Halle Berry reps an appreciable presence in swimwear , but even her opening voiceover sounds swamped by boredom and regret.

    Hyponyms

    *bikini *swimming trunks *swimsuit

    beachwear

    English

    Noun

    (beachwear)
  • clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in