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Knickers vs. Underpants — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Knickers and Underpants

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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

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