Clothe vs Deck - What's the difference?

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Clothe is a related term of deck.

As a verb clothe

is to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

As an adjective deck is

thick.

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

deck

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

(lb) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A set of slides for a presentation.

*2011 , David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business

*:Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.

(lb) A heap or store.

*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

*:Whohath such trinkets / Ready in the deck .

Derived terms

* afterdeck * below decks * flight deck * foredeck * forward deck * lower deck * poopdeck * quarterdeck * rear deck * stern deck

Verb

(en verb)

(uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

(slang) In a fight or brawl, to knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance

* 1919 ,

They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.

* Bible, Job xl. 10

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency.

* Shakespeare

Deck my body in gay ornaments.

To decorate (something).

* Dryden

The dew with spangles decked the ground.

To cover; to overspread.

* Milton

to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky

Usage notes

* See deck out