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Clothe vs Cloak - What's the difference?

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Clothe is a synonym of cloak.


In figurative|lang=en terms the difference between clothe and cloak

is that clothe is (figurative) to cover or invest, as if with a garment while cloak is (figurative)  that which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

As verbs the difference between clothe and cloak

is that clothe is to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing while cloak is to cover as with a cloak.

As a noun cloak is

a long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

clothe

English

Verb

  • To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
    • to feed and clothe''' a family; to '''clothe oneself extravagantly
  • * Shakespeare
    • Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 21
    • Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The naked every day he clad , / When he put on his clothes.
  • (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
    • to clothe somebody with authority or power
  • * Watts
    • language in which they can clothe their thoughts
  • * J. Dyer
    • His sides are clothed with waving wood.
  • * Milton
    • words clothed in reason's garb

    cloak

    English

    (wikipedia cloak)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
  • (figurative)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
  • * South
    • No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
  • (Internet)  A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

    • Derived terms

    * cloak and dagger

    See also

    * burnoose, burnous, burnouse * domino costume

    Verb

  • To cover as with a cloak.
  • (science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
    • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

    Derived terms

    * cloaking device