Tights vs. Pantyhose

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.

Pantyhosenoun

(North America) Women's thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.

Pantyhosenoun

a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings

Pantyhose

Pantyhose, called sheer tights, or tights in the United Kingdom and a few other countries, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Mostly considered to be a garment for women and girls, pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 (Allen Gant's product, 'Panti-Legs') as a convenient alternative to stockings and/or control panties (which, in turn, replaced girdles).