Tights vs. Leggings

Tightsnoun

A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

Tightsnoun

(dance) A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.

Tightsnoun

(wrestling) A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.

Tightsnoun

(mining) In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Tights

Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

Tightsnoun

skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

Tightsnoun

man's garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet

Tights

Tights are a kind of cloth garment, most often sheathing the body from the waist to the toe tips with a tight fit, hence the name. They come in absolute opaque, opaque, sheer and fishnet styles — or a combination, such as the original concept of the American term pantyhose with sheer legs and opaque panty.

Leggings

Leggings are several types of leg coverings that have varied through the years. Modern usage from the 1960s onwards has come to refer to elastic close-fitting garments worn over the legs typically by women, such as leg warmers or tights.