Knickers vs. Underpants — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Knickers and Underpants
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Definitions
Knickers
A woman's or girl's undergarment covering the lower part of the torso to the top of the thighs and having two holes for the legs.
Underpants
Underpants (often abbreviated to pants in Britain) is a term that in British English refers to men's underwear worn on the lower body. The term is gender neutral in American English.
Knickers
Knickerbockers.
Underpants
Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
Knickers
Knickerbockers.
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Underpants
An undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin
Knickers
Women's underpants.
Knickers
A mild exclamation of annoyance.
Knickers
The name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending at the knees; smallclothes; called also knickerbockers.
Knickers
Underpants, especially of women; panties.
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Knickers
Trousers ending above the knee
Knickers
(usually in the plural) underpants worn by women;
She was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing