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Trousers vs Pantaloon - What's the difference?

trousers | pantaloon |

As nouns the difference between trousers and pantaloon

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 pantaloon is an aging buffoon.

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

    pantaloon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An aging buffoon.
  • * 1593 , William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew , Act III, Sc. 1, l. 37
    • Hic ibat,'' as I told you before, —''Simois,'' I am / Lucentio, ''hic est,'' son unto Vincentio of Pisa,— / ''Sigeia tellus,'' disguised thus to get your love; — / ''Hic steterat,'' and that Lucentio that comes / a-wooing, — ''Priami,'' is my man Tranio, — / ''regia,'' bearing my port, ''celsa senis, that we / might beguile the old pantaloon .
  • * 1882 , William Ballantine, Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life , page 234
    • They constantly followed the virtuous pair, who as constantly eluded their grasp, whilst they themselves met with every kind of misfortune, until they became clown and pantaloon, […].
  • * 1960 , Lady Caroline Lane Reynolds Slemmer Jebb, With Dearest Love to All: The Life and Letters of Lady Jebb , page 213
    • The Bishop is a lean and slippered pantaloon , at least in his old clerical garments which he thinks good enough for the sea.
  • Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
  • A kind of fabric.