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Tights vs Stocking - What's the difference?

tights | stocking |

As nouns the difference between tights and stocking

is that tights is a close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet while stocking is a soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.

As a verb stocking is

present participle of lang=en.

tights

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
  • A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
  • In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, woman's garment) hose, pantyhose (US) * (sense, dancer's garment)

    Usage notes

    US English uses the term pantyhose to refer to sheer tights.

    stocking

    English

    (wikipedia stocking)

    Etymology 1

    From . Corruption of old plural (-en), i.e. (stocken), now singular.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.
    • A pair of stockings.
    Usage notes
    * Stocking may refer either to men's socks or to women's hose, but rarely to socks when worn by women. However, this usage appears somewhat variable.
    Derived terms
    * bluestocking * stockinger * stocking filler * stocking-maker * stocking stuffer

    See also

    * hose * sock * pantyhose

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

    References

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