Is this an overcoat or topcoat?

[FriscoKong]

Judging from where his hands are, it looks to be knee length... Also, is there a difference in when you can use an overcoat/topcoat? Is one more formal? Is this a 3/4 length overcoat?

Thanks so much.

 

[comrade]

Overcoat is heavier( and usually warmer) than a topcoat.
I do not know where the line of demarcation between the two falls.
That looks like a (short) overcoat.

 

[Nicola]

Looks like a long peacoat.

 

[ALFAMALE]

I think thats called an officer's peacoat or something like that.

 

[landshark]

It's a longer length version of a peacoat, otherwise known as a bridgecoat.

 

[Kentishman]

Originally Posted by landshark

It's a longer length version of a peacoat, otherwise known as a bridgecoat.

This.

 

[Sebastian]

Is there really a difference between an overcoat and a topcoat?

English is not my mother tongue, so maybe I don't get all of the fine destinctions, but I alsways thought those two were pretty much like synonyms.

So one is warmer than the other? Hard to make a definition than, how warm one item has to be, to be an overcoat etc....

 

[Will]

Originally Posted by Sebastian

Is there really a difference between an overcoat and a topcoat?

English is not my mother tongue, so maybe I don't get all of the fine destinctions, but I alsways thought those two were pretty much like synonyms.

So one is warmer than the other? Hard to make a definition than, how warm one item has to be, to be an overcoat etc....

Topcoat is generally 18 ounce cloth (480 grams). Worn in spring and fall. Not for sub-freezing temperatures.

Overcoat is generally at least 22 ounce cloth (660 grams) and usually heavier.

 

[Tck13]

Originally Posted by Sebastian

Is there really a difference between an overcoat and a topcoat?

English is not my mother tongue, so maybe I don't get all of the fine destinctions, but I alsways thought those two were pretty much like synonyms.

So one is warmer than the other? Hard to make a definition than, how warm one item has to be, to be an overcoat etc....

Originally Posted by Will

Topcoat is generally 18 ounce cloth (480 grams). Worn in spring and fall. Not for sub-freezing temperatures.

Overcoat is generally at least 22 ounce cloth (660 grams) and usually heavier.

This.


It seems lately that the two words have been used pretty much interchangeably despite the fact that there are differences between the two coats.

I think anymore either one can be worn with a suit or casually. Although, really, the overcoat would be the more formal of the two.