Trousers vs Dungarees - What's the difference?
trousers | dungarees |
An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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English pluralia tantum
Heavy denim pants or overalls, worn especially as work clothing.
As nouns the difference between trousers and dungarees
is that trousers is an article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles, and is divided into a separate part for each leg while dungarees is heavy denim pants or overalls, worn especially as work clothing.trousers
English
(wikipedia trousers)Noun
(en-plural noun)Synonyms
* (article of clothing) (Australia)Usage notes
* "Pants" is about four times more common in the US than "trousers", based on use in COCA. * "Trousers" is about nine times more common in the UK than "pants", based on use in BNC. * "Slacks" about one tenth as common as "pants" in the US and "trousers" in the UK.Hyponyms
* jeans * pantaloons * shorts * slacks * See alsoReferences
dungarees
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Noun
- Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.