Hat vs. Bonnet — What's the Difference?

A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.In the past, hats were an indicator of social status. In the military, hats may denote nationality, branch of service, rank or regiment.

A woman's or child's hat tied under the chin and with a brim framing the face.

A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.

The hinged metal canopy covering the engine of a motor vehicle.

A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.

A cowl on a chimney.

The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.

An additional canvas laced to the foot of a sail to catch more wind.

A role or office symbolized by or as if by the wearing of different hats

A hat of cloth or straw, often held in place by ribbons tied under the chin and traditionally worn by women and children.

To supply or cover with a hat.

(Scots) A brimless cap traditionally worn by men or boys.

A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

A removable metal plate over a machine part, such as a valve.

(figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.

Chiefly British The hood of an automobile.

(figuratively) Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.

A windscreen for a chimney.

The lottery or draw itself.

A cover for a fireplace.

(video games) A hat switch.

(Nautical) A strip of canvas laced to a fore-and-aft sail to increase sail area.

The háček symbol.

To put a bonnet on.

The caret symbol ^.

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

(internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.

A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).

(by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.

(transitive) To place a hat on.

The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.

(transitive) To appoint as cardinal.

(nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.

(intransitive) To shop for hats.

An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.

Hot.

The second stomach of a ruminant.

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

(historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.

Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

An informal term for a person's role;

A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

Put on or wear a hat;

A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.

Furnish with a hat

A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

(mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.

(transitive) To put a bonnet on.

(obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.

To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.

A headdress for men and boys; a cap.

A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.

Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use

An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.

The second stomach of a ruminating animal.

An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy.

The metal cover or shield over the motor; predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the hood.

To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.

A hat tied under the chin

Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine;

Dress in a bonnet