Sweater vs. Jumper: What’s the Difference?
Sweater
A jumper(British English), or jersey, is a garment intended to cover the torso and arms. A jumper is either a pullover or a cardigan, distinguished in that cardigans open at the front while pullovers do not. In American English, a pullover may also be called a sweater. Some British dictionaries include cardigans as a type of jumper, while others do not; in the latter case, there is no hypernym equivalent to sweater covering both pullovers and cardigans.
Sweaters are worn by adults and children of all genders; often over a shirt, blouse, T-shirt, or other top, but sometimes next to the skin. Sweaters were traditionally made from wool, but can now be made of cotton, synthetic fibers, or any combination thereof. Sweaters are maintained by washing or dry cleaning, and the use of a lint roller or pill razor.
Sweater (noun)
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
Sweater (noun)
A similar warmth.
Sweater (noun)
One who sweats (produces sweat).
Sweater (noun)
One who or that which causes to sweat.
Sweater (noun)
A diaphoretic remedy.
Sweater (noun)
One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
Jumper (noun)
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
Jumper (noun)
A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
Jumper (noun)
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
Jumper (noun)
A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
Jumper (noun)
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
Jumper (noun)
A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
Jumper (noun)
A jumping spider
Jumper (noun)
The larva of the cheese fly.
Jumper (noun)
One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
Jumper (noun)
A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
Jumper (noun)
A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
Jumper (noun)
A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
Jumper (noun)
A woolen sweater or pullover.
Jumper (noun)
A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
Jumper (noun)
A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
Jumper (noun)
(usually as jumpers) Rompers.
Jumper (verb)
To connect with an electrical jumper.
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