Pantsuit vs. Suit — What's the Difference?

A pantsuit or pant suit, also known as a trouser suit outside the United States, is a woman's suit of clothing consisting of pants and a matching or coordinating coat or jacket. Formerly, the prevailing fashion for women included some form of a coat, paired with a skirt or dress—hence the name pantsuit.

A set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt

A woman's suit having pants and a matching jacket.

Any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).

(US) A women's suit consisting of coordinated pants (trousers) and jacket

A lawsuit.

The process of trying to win a woman's affection with a view to marriage

A complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars

Be convenient for or acceptable to

Enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone)

Put on clothes, especially for a particular activity

A set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt, often worn on formal occasions.

(Slang)A person, especially an executive, who wears one of these garments at work.

An outfit worn for a special activity

A group of things used together; a set or collection

(Games)Any of the four sets of 13 playing cards (clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades) in a standard deck, the members of which bear the same marks.

Attendance required of a vassal at his feudal lord's court or manor.

(Law)A lawsuit.

The act or an instance of courting a woman; courtship

To meet the requirements of; fit

To make appropriate or suitable; adapt

To be appropriate for; befit

To please; satisfy

To provide with clothing; dress

To be suitable or acceptable.

To be in accord; agree or match.

A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.

(by extension) A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.

A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

A full set of armour.

(legal) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.

Petition, request, entreaty.

The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.

Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.

(obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.

The full set of sails required for a ship.

(card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.

(obsolete) Regular order; succession.

(archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.

(archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)

(transitive) To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.

To be suitable or apt for one's image.

(transitive) To be appropriate or apt for.

To dress; to clothe.

To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.

(intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)

The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.

The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.

The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.

That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; - often written suite, and pronounced swēt.

Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; - often written suite, and pronounced swēt.

A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes; a three-piece business suit.

One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; - each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, clubs, or diamonds; also, the members of each such suit held by a player in certain games, such as bridge; as, hearts were her long suit.

Regular order; succession.

Someone who dresses in a business suit, as contrasted with more informal attire;

To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.

To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.

To dress; to clothe.

To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.

To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; - usually followed by with or to.

A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

A set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color;

Playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color;

A businessman dressed in a business suit;

A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage);

A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

Be agreeable or acceptable to;

Be agreeable or acceptable;

Accord or comport with;

Enhance the appearance of;