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Mitten vs. Glove — What's the Difference?

Mitten vs. Glove — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Mitten and Glove

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Mitten

A glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers.

Glove

A glove is a garment covering the hand. Gloves usually have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb.

Mitten

A covering for the hand that encases the thumb separately and the four fingers together.

Glove

A close-fitting covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb, worn especially as protection from the cold.

Mitten

A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
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Glove

A gauntlet.

Mitten

A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.

Glove

An oversized leather glove used for catching baseballs, especially one with more finger sheaths than the catcher's or first baseman's mitt.

Mitten

A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
To give someone the mitten; to get the mitten

Glove

A glove made of leather and fabric having padding on the back and extending over the wrist, used in hockey and lacrosse.

Mitten

A boxing glove.

Glove

A boxing glove.

Mitten

(transitive) To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.

Glove

A close-fitting glove used to improve the grip, as in batting or in golf.

Mitten

A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger.

Glove

(Baseball) Fielding ability
A shortstop with a good glove.

Mitten

A cover for the wrist and forearm.

Glove

To furnish with gloves.

Mitten

Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

Glove

To cover with or as if with a glove.

Glove

To don gloves, as before performing an operation on a patient.

Glove

An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.

Glove

A baseball mitt.

Glove

The ability to catch a hit ball.
Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

Glove

(slang) A condom.

Glove

(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
To throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

Glove

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
He gloved the line drive for the third out.

Glove

(transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

Glove

(cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

Glove

A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.

Glove

A boxing glove.

Glove

To cover with, or as with, a glove.

Glove

Gloves worn by fielders in baseball

Glove

Handwear: covers the hand and wrist

Glove

Gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing

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