What's the difference between undershirt and wifebeater?

Undershirt


Definition:

  • (n.) A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The humidity and the temperature were measured in the following parts of each subjects' back: (1) the layer between the subject's skin and the undershirt (first layer), (2) the layer between the undershirt and the T-shirt (second layer), (3) the layer between the T-shirt and the outerwear (third layer), and (4) the surface of the outerwear (fourth layer).
  • (2) Otherwise his appearance – in a white tunic and turban - was quite neat, in stark contrast to the saggy white undershirt he wore in photographs taken after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in March 2003.
  • (3) This summation begins with a string of keywords: "trucker hats; undershirts called 'wifebeaters' worn as outerwear; the aesthetic of basement rec-room pornography, flash-lit Polaroids, fake wood panelling; Pabst Blue Ribbon ; 'porno' or 'paedophile' moustaches; aviator glasses; Americana T-shirts for church socials, etc; tube socks; the late albums of Johnny Cash produced by Rick Rubin ; and tattoos."
  • (4) Players in this summer's World Cup will be banned from displaying any messages on undershirts.
  • (5) The cause was contamination of the patient's undershirt due to localized hyperhidrosis.
  • (6) The subjects wore an undershirt and a T-shirt under the outerwear.
  • (7) I removed it and wore only an undershirt.” Later, Fayulu claimed, he went to a hospital to give food to the injured but heard the police calling for armed support.
  • (8) Worker exposure to chlorothalonil (tetrachloroisophthalonitrile, Bravo during mechanical tomato harvester operations of fruit for processing was estimated from passive dermal dosimetry monitoring (gauze pad and undershirt dosimetry), air concentration measurements and hand washes.
  • (9) The show put vests, pants and undershirts at the centre of a strong show.
  • (10) Like his sons and their compatriots in their initial hearings a few weeks earlier, the elder Bundy wore a light blue prison jumpsuit with faded pink undershirt, sandals and a chain around his ankles.
  • (11) Impervious to the surrounding creature comforts, the star pitcher picks through a half-dozen identical red undershirts while ticking off his numerous hobbies.
  • (12) Oregon standoff: Cliven Bundy faces six federal charges over 2014 confrontation Read more In court on Tuesday, the 69-year-old Bundy wore the same light-blue prison jumpsuit and faded pink undershirt that the former occupiers of the Malheur national wildlife refuge in south-eastern Oregon have worn at their hearings.

Wifebeater


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sporting a black wifebeater vest and a fair amount of bling, the celebrity spoke intelligently about drug abuse before referencing gangsta rap ("as the great Tupac Shakur once said …") and leaving with a cheery "thanks for having us!"
  • (2) This summation begins with a string of keywords: "trucker hats; undershirts called 'wifebeaters' worn as outerwear; the aesthetic of basement rec-room pornography, flash-lit Polaroids, fake wood panelling; Pabst Blue Ribbon ; 'porno' or 'paedophile' moustaches; aviator glasses; Americana T-shirts for church socials, etc; tube socks; the late albums of Johnny Cash produced by Rick Rubin ; and tattoos."
  • (3) If it’s not Angel Garcia’s dispiriting diatribes , it’s the older Mayweather's ongoing running of the mouth, and now this week Guerrero’s father and trainer Ruben ranting that the “wifebeater” would be beaten .