Necklet vs. Necklace — What's the Difference?

A necklet is a type of decoration which is designed to be worn and displayed around a person's neck, rather than hung (draped) from the chest as is the standard practice for displaying most decorations. In the Middle Ages most order's insignias were worn on a collar – see livery collar.

A necklace is an article of jewellery that is worn around the neck. Necklaces may have been one of the earliest types of adornment worn by humans.

A fairly close-fitting and typically rigid ornament worn around the neck.

An ornamental chain or string of beads, jewels, or links worn round the neck

A necklace.

(in South Africa) a tyre doused or filled with petrol, placed round a victim's neck and set alight.

A type of ornament worn tightly about the neck.

(in South Africa) kill (someone) with a tyre necklace.

A necklace.

An ornament worn around the neck.

Decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament

Something felt to resemble this neck ornament, as in shape

An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.

(South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.

(South Africa) To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.

A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.

A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)