Frock vs Tunic - What's the difference?
frock | tunic |
A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals, a habit.
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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As nouns the difference between frock and tunic
is that frock is a dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body or frock can be (dialectal) a frog while tunic is a garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.As a verb frock
is to clothe in a frock.frock
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frok, frokke, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* defrockEtymology 2
From (etyl) froke, variation of . More at (l).tunic
English
(wikipedia tunic)Alternative forms
* tunick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}