Attire vs Clothes - What's the difference?
attire | clothes |
One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
(heraldiccharge) The single horn of a deer or stag.
To dress or garb.
(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
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The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
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As nouns the difference between attire and clothes
is that attire is one's dress; what one wears; one's clothes while clothes is items of clothing; apparel.As verbs the difference between attire and clothes
is that attire is to dress or garb while clothes is third-person singular of clothe.attire
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was wearing his formal attire .
Verb
- We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.
- He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.
Anagrams
* ----clothes
English
Etymology 1
(etyl)Noun
(head)citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
- She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes .