Blouse vs. Tunic — What's the Difference?

A blouse () is a loose-fitting upper garment that was worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children. It is typically gathered at the waist or hips (by tight hem, pleats, parter, or belt) so that it hangs loosely ("blouses") over the wearer's body.

A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees. The name derives from the Latin tunica, the basic garment worn by both men and women in Ancient Rome, which in turn was based on earlier Greek garments that covered wearers' waists.

A woman's upper garment resembling a shirt, typically with a collar, buttons, and sleeves.

A loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.

Make (a garment) hang in loose folds

A close-fitting short coat as part of a uniform, especially a police or military uniform.

A loosely fitting shirt that extends to the waist or slightly below, worn especially by women or children. See Note at greasy.

An integument or membrane enclosing or lining an organ or part.

A loosely fitting garment resembling a long shirt, historically worn by European workmen.

A loose-fitting garment, sleeved or sleeveless, extending to the knees and worn especially in ancient Greece and Rome.

A coat or tunic worn as part of a military uniform.

A medieval surcoat.

To hang or cause to hang loosely and fully.

A long, plain, close-fitting jacket, usually having a stiff high collar and worn as part of a uniform.

A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.

A loose-fitting, pullover, collarless shirt that falls to the hip or thigh and is often drawn in at the waist and worn over leggings or pants.

A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

(Anatomy) A coat or layer enveloping an organ or part.

A loose-fitting uniform jacket.

(Botany) A loose membranous outer covering of a bulb or corm, as of an onion, tulip, or crocus.

(India) A short garment worn under a sari.

See tunicle.

To hang a garment in loose folds.

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

(military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).

Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.

A top worn by women

Any similar garment worn by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.

Same as Tunicle.

A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.

A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.

An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

Any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees