Jacket vs. Jumper

Jacket vs. Jumper — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Jacket and Jumper

Jacketnoun

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

Jumpernoun

Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.

Jacketnoun

A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat US

Jumpernoun

A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.

Jacketnoun

A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank.)

Jumpernoun

A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.

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Jacketnoun

(slang) A police record.

Jumpernoun

A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.

Jacketnoun

(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

Jumpernoun

A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.

Jacketnoun

The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

Cook the potatoes in their jackets.

Jumpernoun

(US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.

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Jacketverb

(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

Jumpernoun

A jumping spider

Jacketnoun

a short coat

Jumpernoun

The larva of the cheese fly.

Jacketnoun

an outer wrapping or casing;

phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets

Jumpernoun

One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

Jacketnoun

(dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth

Jumpernoun

(horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

Jacketnoun

the outer skin of a potato

Jumpernoun

(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.

Jacketnoun

the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

Jumpernoun

A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.

Jacketverb

provide with a thermally non-conducting cover;

The tubing needs to be jacketed

Jumpernoun

A woolen sweater or pullover.

Jacketverb

put a jacket on;

The men were jacketed

Jumpernoun

A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.

Jumpernoun

A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.

Jumpernoun

(usually as jumpers) Rompers.

Jumperverb

To connect with an electrical jumper.

Jumpernoun

an athlete who competes at jumping

Jumpernoun

an athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball)

Jumpernoun

a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections

Jumpernoun

a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen

Jumpernoun

a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

Jumpernoun

a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump