What's the difference between shirt and shirtless?

Shirt


Definition:

  • (n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.
  • (v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
  • (2) His bracelets and his hair, neatly gathered in a colourful elasticated band, contrast with his unflashy day-to-day uniform of checked shirts, jeans or cheap chinos and trainers.
  • (3) For now, he leans on the bar – a big man, XL T-shirt – and, in a soft Irish accent, orders himself a small gin and tonic and a bottle of mineral water.
  • (4) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
  • (5) Gunfire and explosions rocked Bangkok following clashes between pro-government "red shirts" and protesters, leading to fears of further violence as Thais head to the polls.
  • (6) Congolese civilians are being beaten, threatened and arrested for wearing the T-shirts of opposition candidates, raising the prospect of bloodshed during this month's elections, the UN has warned.
  • (7) André de Magalhães Gomes said he had always previously backed the Seleção (Brazilian team) but today he joined the demonstration wearing an Argentina shirt.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A sticker worn on the shirt an attendee at a New York City landmarks commission meeting.
  • (9) The best scenario used in the new YATR strip each Sunday wins a shirt to the value of £50 from Kitbag .
  • (10) Local men taking a stand against sexual violence – the "V-men" (after Ensler's feminist V-Day movement) – make themselves visible with special T-shirts.
  • (11) The 27-year-old has put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half-year deal at the Emirates – he will wear the No23 shirt at the club – though confirmation that the deal had been ratified by the Premier League did not come until just before 5pm tonight.
  • (12) The promise of exclusive photos and an "official chatroom" doesn't exactly set our world alight – but White is also promising subscribers four 7" records, four 12" records and four new T-shirts a year.
  • (13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An activist sprays T-shirts during a training protest organised by NoG20 Rhein-Main.
  • (14) Five minutes from time a fat red shirt stalked past making the tosser sign and, for emphasis, yelling: "Fucking wankers!"
  • (15) Von Trier, who took a " vow of silence " after being banned from the Cannes film festival in 2011 after joking about Nazism during a press conference for Melancholia, arrived at Nymphomaniac's photocall wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase "Persona Non Grata"; true to his word, he failed to attend the subsequent press conference where his actors and producer talked about the film.
  • (16) Some women attended the protest wearing jeans and T-shirts, while others took the mission of reclaiming the word "slut" – one of the stated objectives of the movement – more literally and turned out in overtly provocative fishnets and stilettos.
  • (17) Or the checked shirt of the “hipster Labor lawyer”, as the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, described him.
  • (18) "We're trying to get Sting to wear a Pussy Riot T-shirt at his concert tonight," he'd told me the day before.
  • (19) Sadly, there was probably no other way to get rid of Tantawi as minister without Morsi losing his shirt (or his head.
  • (20) He would shower his fans with red roses at his concerts, he told the court, and give them jackets, T-shirts and other gifts.

Shirtless


Definition:

  • (a.) Not having or wearing a shirt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The first half had been a largely featureless affair, notable only for the two shirtless cheerleaders among Newcastle’s support giving in to the cold and getting dressed after 15 minutes, and the quality of Shaqiri’s crosses into Newcastle’s penalty area.
  • (2) Yet grisly pictures on Xinhua's website show a shirtless man covered in purple splotches lying on a hospital bed, his left arm awkwardly splayed across his chest.
  • (3) On that occasion your condition and demeanour, the result of your drinking, so shocked some of the audience nearest the platform that they left in shame and disgust ... Tony Abbott Tony Abbott’s 2015 antics included shirtless post-coup partying, and chugging schooners with students in Sydney pubs.
  • (4) If I said to you I didn't want to see him shirtlessly accomplishing his heroic twelve labors I'd be a liar.
  • (5) Chanel’s boyfriend Chad (Glen Powell, looking about 10 years too old to play college) is the only one who can match Chanel in his viciousness (and looks mighty fine in his many shirtless scenes).
  • (6) His tiger-stalking and shirtless fly-fishing image, coupled with an ability to deliver increased standards of living brought him, until as recently as 2010, approval ratings of around 80%.
  • (7) A shirtless young man shimmied down a lamppost after scrawling "Leave you murderer" across a billboard of the president's face.
  • (8) The police know this and the wood passes through,” admits Felipe Portocarrero, a powerfully built timber merchant sitting shirtless on a deckchair at a sawmill on the Yavari river, which marks the border between Peru and Brazil.
  • (9) Tyson Fury has no excuse | John Amaechi Read more At the eye of the well-lubricated storm is Tyson Fury , shirtless and ruddy-faced and draped in an Irish flag.
  • (10) Putin, who is fiercely secretive about his private life, has built an image of a robust, active leader through shirtless photo-ops and high-octane stunts.
  • (11) By dawn, marines were storming apartment 401 to pick up a bleary-eyed and shirtless Chapo before he had time to react.
  • (12) A shirtless addict who had just pissed into a pail in the corner helped me.
  • (13) Handler’s outrage at Instagram over a funny picture mocking Vladimir Putin’s infamous shirtless-on-horse shot , for example, was focused on a double standard that assumes breasts’ innocuousness: “If a man posts a photo of his nipples, it’s ok, but not a woman?
  • (14) On a stifling day you'll find shirtless men from the neighbourhood drinking leisurely after work.
  • (15) In 2010, the university sued General Motors for grafting the scientist's head onto the body of a well-toned, shirtless man in an ad in People magazine.
  • (16) The crowd was markedly diverse, ranging from visibly leftwing activists to shirtless men with chest tattoos.
  • (17) Undated photos provided by police showed a shirtless, tattooed Barnes brandishing two weapons, a large rifle and a smaller firearm with a large clip.
  • (18) There is the Putin factor: we don’t want to do anything to encourage more shirtless swaggering from the Russian leader, not in the Middle East, not anywhere.” The book also claims Johnson “wanted to punch” his Brexit ally Michael Gove after the former justice secretary announced his own bid to become prime minister on the morning of a speech in which Johnson was to announce his own candidacy, a move that ended up destroying both men’s chances and paving the way for Theresa May to enter No 10.
  • (19) In the article inside, the magazine, which has generally portrayed Putin in a positive light and once showed him shirtless on the cover, describes Navalny favourably, noting the irregularities that marred his trial and the view that the charges were fabricated.
  • (20) He was sweet and excessively shirtless as the token hunk in Tamara Drewe but he has also been psychotic in the grisly No One Lives and a brace of Fast & Furious films (six and seven, if you’re wondering).

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