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Undergarment vs Underthing - What's the difference?

undergarment | underthing |

As nouns the difference between undergarment and underthing

is that undergarment is any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear while underthing is (chiefly|in the plural) an undergarment.

undergarment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.

    • See also

    * ("undergarment" on Wikipedia)

    underthing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) An undergarment.
  • * 1928,
    • 'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.'
  • * 1979 , Lewis Yablonsky, The extra-sex factor: why over half of America's married men play around (page 64)
    • My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors.

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