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Underwear vs Swimwear - What's the difference?

underwear | swimwear |

As nouns the difference between underwear and swimwear

is that underwear is clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing while swimwear is items of clothing appropriate for swimming.

underwear

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
  • * 2006 , Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire
    • “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.
  • Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and bras.

    • Synonyms

    * shreddies * underclothes * undergarments * undies * See also

    swimwear

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Items of clothing appropriate for swimming
  • * April 19 2002 , Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tide [http://www.avclub.com/articles/dark-tide,72548/]
    • For Stockwell’s purposes, Halle Berry reps an appreciable presence in swimwear , but even her opening voiceover sounds swamped by boredom and regret.

    Hyponyms

    *bikini *swimming trunks *swimsuit