What is the difference between apparel and clothing?

As nouns the difference between apparel and clothing

is that apparel is clothing while clothing is any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.

As verbs the difference between apparel and clothing

is that apparel is to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out while clothing is present participle of lang=en.

apparel

English

Noun

clothing

* Denham

fresh in his new apparel , proud and young

* Tatler

At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity.

A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

(nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

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Verb

To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.

To dress or clothe; to attire.

They which are gorgeously appareled , and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.

To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

clothing

English

Verb

(head)

Noun

Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.

* Milton

From others he shall stand in need of nothing, / Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing .

An act or instance of putting clothes on.

The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.

(obsolete) The art of process of making cloth.

* Ray

Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing .

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

(Knight)

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