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hose vs tights

tights vs hose

hose and tights both are nouns.

hose is a verb but tights is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hose Yes No Yes No
tights Yes No No No
As nouns, tights is a hyponym of hose; that is, tights is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hose:
  • hose: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
  • tights: skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
Other hyponyms of hose include sock, stocking, leotards.
hose (noun) tights (noun)
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
hose (verb) tights (verb)
water with a hose
Difference between hose and tights

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