A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees.

What makes a top a tunic?

According to Britannica, a tunic “was fashioned from two pieces of linen sewn up the sides and across the top, with holes left for the head and arms. It reached to the knees or lower, was with or without sleeves, belted at the waist, and held at the shoulders by clasps,”.

What is top and tunic?

As nouns the difference between top and tunic

is that top is the highest part or component of an object while tunic is a garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.