Attire vs Costume - What's the difference?
attire | costume |
One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
(heraldiccharge) The single horn of a deer or stag.
To dress or garb.
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
* 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
As nouns the difference between attire and costume
is that attire is one's dress; what one wears; one's clothes while costume is a style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.As verbs the difference between attire and costume
is that attire is to dress or garb while costume is to dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.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
* ----costume
English
(wikipedia costume)Noun
(en noun)- ''The dancer was wearing Highland costume .
- ''We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
- ''The bride wore a grey going-away costume .
Synonyms
* outfitDerived terms
* costumal * costume drama * costume jewellery * costume party * costumer, costumier * national costumeSee also
* uniformVerb
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.
