I have always called a light top with a full zipper to be a jacket, however the people I’m surrounded by insist on calling it a sweatshirt. I’m prepared to be wrong, just wondering if I’m the only one.

  • @BigPotato
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    86 months ago

    It’s down to the material. That looks like full cotton with a hood. So, sweatshirt. Hooded sweatshirt = Hoodie. Denim? Would’ve been a jacket. Some sort of wind blocking material like polyester or nylon would be a jacket. I might give jacket status to a multilayer cotton jacket with inner liners too.

      • @BigPotato
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        26 months ago

        I’d classify a windbreaker as a jacket. All squares are rectangles and what not.

    • guyrocket
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      16 months ago

      This kinda rocks my world. I never thought of it being based on the material, no wonder I’ve always found the whole hoodie / sweatshirt / sweater / jacket think confusing.

      Hmmm…still not sure it makes sense to me…

      • @BigPotato
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        16 months ago

        That’s alright. It doesn’t matter in the slightest. If you want to call them whatever it doesn’t matter.