The difference between Pants and Slacks

When used as nouns, pants means an outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles, whereas slacks means semi-formal trousers that are less formal than those part of a suit but suitable for wearing in most offices and therefore nowadays no longer considered casual trousers. (takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair.

Pants is also verb with the meaning: to pull someone's pants down.

Pants is also adjective with the meaning: of inferior quality, rubbish.

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  1. Pants as a noun (plural only, chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Ireland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester):

    An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

  2. Pants as a noun (plural only, chiefly, UK):

    An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.

  3. Pants as a noun (UK, slang):

    Rubbish; something worthless.

    Examples:

    "You're talking pants!"

    "The film was a load [or pile] of pants."

  1. Pants as an adjective (British, slang):

    Of inferior quality, rubbish.

    Examples:

    "Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?"

  1. Pants as a verb:

    To pull someone's pants down; to forcibly remove someone's pants.

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  1. Slacks as a noun (dated):

    Semi-formal trousers that are less formal than those part of a suit but suitable for wearing in most offices and therefore nowadays no longer considered casual trousers. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks)

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