What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Tux vs Blazer - What's the difference?

tux | blazer |

As nouns the difference between tux and blazer

is that tux is a tuxedo while blazer is a semi-formal, casual jacket.

As a proper noun Tux

is a cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.

tux

English

Noun

(es)
  • (colloquial) A tuxedo.
  • * 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
  • After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes .

    blazer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A semi-formal, casual jacket.
  • A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
  • (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
  • (archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
  • * Spenser
  • Blazers of crime.
  • (slang, UK) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
  • See also

    * trailblazer English agent nouns ----