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Teddy vs Negligee - What's the difference?

teddy | negligee |

As nouns the difference between teddy and negligee

is that teddy is abbreviation of lang=en while négligée is a light women's gown.

As a proper noun Teddy

is a diminutive of the male given names Edward and Theodore.

teddy

English

Noun

(teddies)
  • By extension, any stuffed toy.
  • A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
  • * 2003 , Michelle Lee, The Observer , 4 May 03:
    • Silk teddies and negligées up front, knickers fanned out on tables in the centre, bras hanging in the back - there are no minutes lost finding your bearings.

    Related terms

    * teddy bear

    negligee

    English

    Alternative forms

    * negligee *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A light women's gown.
  • A loose women's dressing-gown, especially when lacy or revealing; a nightgown.
  • * 2000 , The Guardian , 4 July 2000:
    • Enkhbayar has promised more jobs, free education and higher public service wages to the poverty-ravaged country. But who needs those when you've got dancing girls in black negligees ?

    See also

    * ("négligée" on Wikipedia) ----