Pants vs. Underpants

Pants vs. Underpants — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pants and Underpants

Pantsnoun

An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

Underpantsnoun

underwear, clothing covering the genitalia.

Pantsnoun

An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.

Underpantsnoun

an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin

Pantsnoun

Rubbish; something worthless.

You're talking pants!The film was a load [or pile] of pants.

Pantsadjective

Of inferior quality, rubbish.

Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?
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Pantsnoun

(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately;

he had a sharp crease in his trousers

Pantsnoun

(usually in the plural) underpants worn by women;

she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing