Singlet vs. Vest

Singlet vs. Vest — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Singlet and Vest

Singletnoun

A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt.

Vestnoun

A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.

Singletnoun

(physics) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.

Vestnoun

A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.

Singletnoun

A quantum state having zero spin.

Vestnoun

(British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.

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Singletnoun

(plurality, otherkinship) A single person occupying one human body.

Vestnoun

A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.

Singletnoun

a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

Vestnoun

Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.

Vestnoun

A vestment.

Vestnoun

Clothing generally; array; garb.

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Vestverb

To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

Vestverb

To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.

to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death

Vestverb

To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.

The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.

Vestverb

(obsolete) To invest; to put.

to vest money in goods, land, or houses

Vestverb

(legal) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.

to vest a person with an estatean estate is vested in possession

Vestverb

(commonly used of financial arrangements) To become vested, to become permanent.

My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.

Vestnoun

a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

Vestnoun

a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

Vestverb

provide with power and authority;

They vested the council with special rights

Vestverb

place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons;

She vested her vast fortune in her two sons

Vestverb

become legally vested;

The property vests in the trustees

Vestverb

clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments

Vestverb

clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes