The difference between Pants and Trousers

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 trousers means an article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.

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. Trousers as a noun:

    An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.

    Examples:

    "The trousers need to be shortened."

    "Why can women wear trousers when men can't wear skirts?"

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