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Underpants vs Pantless - What's the difference?

underpants | pantless |

As a noun underpants

is underwear, clothing covering the genitalia.

As an adjective pantless is

(us) not wearing pants (trousers).

underpants

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • underwear, clothing covering the genitalia.

    • Synonyms

    * (underwear) boxers, briefs, bloomers, (UK'') pants, panties, (slang) undies, tighty whities, knickers, drawers, (''slang, New Zealand ) gruds, longjohns, thong, underwear

    See also

    (Other terms of interest) * boxer shorts * kegs * knickers * panties * Y-fronts

    pantless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (US) Not wearing pants (trousers).
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 12, author=Michael Kimmelman, title=Art in Two Germanys Often Spoke the Same Tongue, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=At the same time Ms. Metselaar-Berthold, East Germany's version of Nan Goldin, captured scenes of disorderly bohemia (where supposedly none existed) in parties of topless women and pantless men. }}
  • (UK) Not wearing underpants.
  • *1961 , Peter Redgrove, "The Secretary", The Nature of Cold Weather :
  • *:He twinkles, and I twinkle back, / Pantless , under a slim formal skirt, / Ready for work.
  • *2008 , Anna Pickard, The Guardian , 10 Jan 08:
  • *:having a smattering of basic German or getting one of the nice English-speaking reception staff to show you around to begin with might just save you from turning up pantless in a strictly panted area, or the other way around.

    • See also

    *pantsless