Tunic vs Waistcoat - What's the difference?
tunic | waistcoat |
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
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An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
(chiefly, British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket."waistcoat." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 09 Apr. 2007. . "waistcoat." Merriam-Webster Online. Merriam-Webster, Inc. 09 Apr. 2007. .
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As nouns the difference between tunic and waistcoat
is that tunic is a garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles while waistcoat is an ornamental garment worn under a doublet.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.}}