Pant vs. Trouser: What's the Difference?
Pant and Trouser Definitions
Pant
To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
Trouser
A pair of pants, especially when extending from waist to ankles.
Pant
To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.
Trouser
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.
Trouser leg
Pant
To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.
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Trouser
(in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.
And this is our linen trouser, sir.
Pant
To long demonstratively; yearn
Was panting for a chance to play.
Trouser
To put (money) into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
Pant
To utter hurriedly or breathlessly
I panted my congratulations to the winner of the race.
Trouser
To secretively steal (an item or money) for personal use.
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Pant
A short labored breath; a gasp.
Trouser
To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own); to pocket.
Pant
A throb; a pulsation.
Trouser
Garment designed for or relating to trousers;
In his trouser's pocket
He ripped his left trouser on the fence
Pant
A short loud puff, as of steam from an engine.
Pant
An outer garment that covers the body below the waist, usually to the ankles, and is divided into sections to fit each leg separately
She decided to wear pants instead of a skirt. He bought a new pair of pants.
Pant
Underpants.
Pant
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
Pant
(figurative) Eager longing.
Pant
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
Pant
(fashion) A pair of pants trousers or underpants.
Pant
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
Pant leg
Pant
Any public drinking fountain.
Pant
(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pant
(intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
Pant
To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
Pant
(intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
Pant
(intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
Pant
(intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
Pant
(intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
Pant
To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
Pant
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; - often used with for or after.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
Pant
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; - said of the heart.
Pant
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
The whispering breezePants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
Pant
To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
There is a cavern where my spiritWas panted forth in anguish.
Pant
To long for; to be eager after.
Then shall our hearts pant thee.
Pant
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Pant
A violent palpitation of the heart.
Pant
A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.
Pant
Of or pertaining to pants.
Pant
The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
Pant
A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open;
She gave a gasp and fainted
Pant
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;
The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
Pant
Utter while panting, as if out of breath
