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Trousers vs Joggers - What's the difference?

trousers | joggers |

As nouns the difference between trousers and joggers

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 joggers is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

trousers

English

(wikipedia trousers)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • 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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    • 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 also

    References

    English pluralia tantum

    joggers

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • English plurals
  • (plurale tantum) A tracksuit, particularly the trousers, a jogger.

    • Synonyms

    * tracksuit, jogger

    See also

    * trainers