Difference between Knickerbockers and Knee Breeches

KNICKERBOCKERS vs KNEE BREECHES: NOUN

Men's or boys' baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.
Trousers ending above the knee

(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
(noun plural) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers.

(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
Breeches that reach to the knee or just below it; especially, a close-fitting garment covering the thigh and the lower part of the body, worn generally from the beginning of the eighteenth century until about 1815. See knickerbocker, 3.
(noun plural) Trousers extending to or just below the knee.

Cravats, Jodhpur, Culottes, Pantaloons, Titfer, Tights, Trews, Duffel coat, Gabardine, Skort, Suspender belt, Knee pants, Breeches, Knickers, Knee breeches

Pinafores, Tasselled, Glen plaid, Capelet, Jabot, Tailcoat, Pantaloons, Gabardine, Surplice, Trilbies, Frock coat, Knee pants, Knickers, Breeches, Knickerbockers

Trilbies, Bellbottom, Cravats, Jodhpur, Culottes, Pantaloons, Titfer, Tights, Trews, Duffel coat, Gabardine, Skort, Suspender belt, Knickers, Knee breeches

Bodiced, Cravats, Pinafores, Tasselled, Glen plaid, Capelet, Jabot, Tailcoat, Pantaloons, Gabardine, Surplice, Trilbies, Frock coat, Knickers, Knickerbockers

Iachimo was costumed in evening dress for the wager, the court was in military uniforms, and the disguised Imogen in knickerbockers and cap.
Adams of the Knickerbockers, who also chaired the National Association of Base Ball Players Rules Committee.
In New York, the wealthy Episcopalian gentry, known unofficially as Knickerbockers, felt their authority was threatened by newcomers.
The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies, 68-66.
The draft has not been kind to the Knickerbockers.
Then Mister Knickerbockers pushed a scanty boy forward who was very embarrassed and sorry looking.
Hasborough knows them, and then a younger man in knickerbockers.
New York Knickerbockers at Madison Square Garden tonight.
New York Knickerbockers and the Syracuse Athletic Club.

Jefferson is a cardboard cutout who looks a lot like David Barton in knee breeches and a powdered wig.
In those days, silk stockings on dress occasions were worn with knee breeches.
Military leggings only extended to the bottom of the knee and buttoned to the bottom button on the knee-breeches.
The brat ought to be in knee breeches.