What's the difference between a 1X and a XL?

I am in that awkward stage of buying clothes where I am leaving Plus sizes! Yeah! However since most of my clothes come from thrift stores or consignment they are used and may have been shrunken or stretched by the previous owner. Sometimes shirts like XL fit great while othertimes a 1X is snug. What gives? Is there a difference in sizes between the two. The only way Icould think of comparing would be to go to Target or something, find a shirt in 1X and find the same shirt in a XL and compare them on top of eachother, but the odds of me doing that are slim to none. Anyone have anything to contribute?

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