Overall vs Dungaree - What's the difference?
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(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
(in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
(uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
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(plural only) Pants or overalls made from such fabric.
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As nouns the difference between overall and dungaree
is that overall is (british) a garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit a garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools while dungaree is (uncountable) heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.As an adjective overall
is all-encompassing, all around.As an adverb overall
is generally; with everything considered.overall
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- He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.
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