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Trousers vs Pyjamas - What's the difference?

trousers | pyjamas |

As nouns the difference between trousers and pyjamas

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 pyjamas is standard spelling of from=British spelling|lang=en clothes for sleeping in.

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

    pyjamas

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (clothes for sleeping in).
  • * 1973 , John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini , Dover Publications, US, page 231:
    • The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas .
  • * 2007 , , Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue , page 178:
    • She wasn?t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
  • (loose trousers worn by men and women in the Far East).
  • * 2010 , Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value , Indiana University Press, page 34:
    • They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis , and pyjamas .
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