difference between tanktop and wife beater

hey does anyone know the difference between a tanktop and wife beater? (i heard wife beater is like a undershirt that looks like a tank top, and i did a google image search on both and they look the same to me) i need to know for a project

You can tell it is a wifebeater if the person wearing it is a Mexican.

No seriously... I don't know.

Eddie isn't a wifre beater.
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Atleast I don't think he is...

If you cant tell the difference, you must be visually impaired.

I am, I beat my imaginary wife every day

no im serious...... stop kidding around geez and uncapped im talking about the shirt not the literal thing of wife beating

Well, these shirts, "wife beaters", were dubbed with their nifty little nickname after a certain famous movie by Marlon Brando... I'm sure you all must know what movie, and why, now that I mentioned it. But they actually are tank tops.

Yay... go James Caan! Beat that wife!

Well, these shirts, "wife beaters", were dubbed with their nifty little nickname after a certain famous movie by Marlon Brando... I'm sure you all must know what movie, and why, now that I mentioned it. But they actually are tank tops.

Actually, the name 'wife beater' came from Tina Turner's husband Ike Turner. Everytime he would beat her, he would wear a tank-top, later becoming the wife beater. Ike is even wearing the shirt in his mug shots.

o ok thx a lot

ok here is the deal,
the "wife beaters" is the regular tank tops, the REAL tank tops should show more of your back, the ones that muscle mag people would use !!! it feels more "open" and is ONLY used by people who have muscles because if skinny people use them, it just doen't look right

so if you are skinny, use the wife beaters

if you are buff, use the REALL stuff, if you buff people use the wife beaters, you will see that the "wife beaters" doesn't fit as well because either your shoulders or your arms are to big and would need the REALL tank tops. (i know because i had problems looking for REALL tank tops !!!

It's just a nickname for it Ice.

Well, these shirts, "wife beaters", were dubbed with their nifty little nickname after a certain famous movie by Marlon Brando... I'm sure you all must know what movie, and why, now that I mentioned it. But they actually are tank tops. Actually, the name 'wife beater' came from Tina Turner's husband Ike Turner. Everytime he would beat her, he would wear a tank-top, later becoming the wife beater. Ike is even wearing the shirt in his mug shots.

I have a friend that works in the clothing industry who disagrees with you.

Go go Marlon Brando!

But he says that's the same reason, just different scenarios. In the movie Brando would wear a wife beater every time he beat his wife.