Blouse vs. Tunic

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Main Difference

The main difference between Blouse and Tunic is that the Blouse is a women’s garment for the upper body and Tunic is a simple T-shaped or sleeveless garment, usually unfitted, of archaic origin

  • Blouse

    A blouse (English: , , or ) is a loose-fitting upper garment that was formerly worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children. It is typically gathered at the waist or hips (by a waistband or belt) so that it hangs loosely (“blouses”) over the wearer’s body. Today, the word most commonly refers to a girl’s or woman’s dress shirt It can also refer to a man’s shirt if it is a loose-fitting style (e.g. poet shirts and Cossack shirts), though it rarely is. Traditionally, the term has been used to refer to a shirt which blouses out or has an unmistakably feminine appearance.

    The term is also used for some men’s military uniform jackets.

  • Tunic

    A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees. The name derives from the Latin tunica, the basic garment worn by both men and women in Ancient Rome, which in turn was based on earlier Greek garments that covered wearers’ waists.

Wikipedia
  • Blouse (noun)

    A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.

  • Blouse (noun)

    A shirt for women, particularly a shirt with buttons; a dress shirt tailored for women.

  • Blouse (noun)

    A loose-fitting uniform jacket.

  • Blouse (verb)

    To hang a garment in loose folds.

  • Blouse (verb)

    To tuck one’s pants/trousers (into one’s boots).

  • Tunic (noun)

    A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

  • Tunic (noun)

    Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

Wiktionary
  • Blouse (noun)

    a woman’s upper garment resembling a shirt, typically with a collar, buttons, and sleeves.

  • Blouse (noun)

    a loose linen or cotton garment formerly worn by peasants and manual workers, typically belted at the waist.

  • Blouse (noun)

    a type of jacket worn as part of military uniform.

  • Blouse (verb)

    make (a garment) hang in loose folds

    “I bloused my trousers over my boots”

  • Tunic (noun)

    a loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.

  • Tunic (noun)

    a loose, thigh-length garment, worn typically by women over a skirt or trousers

    “A-line tunic tops”

  • Tunic (noun)

    a gymslip.

  • Tunic (noun)

    a close-fitting short coat as part of a uniform, especially a police or military uniform.

  • Tunic (noun)

    an integument or membrane enclosing or lining an organ or part.

  • Tunic (noun)

    any of the concentric layers of a plant bulb, e.g. an onion.

  • Tunic (noun)

    the rubbery outer coat of a sea squirt.

Oxford Dictionary

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