Don vs Clothe - What's the difference?
don | clothe |
(clothing) to put on, to dress in
To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 21
* Goldsmith
(figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
* Watts
* J. Dyer
* Milton
As a noun don
is (science) (dissolved organic nitrogen).As a verb clothe is
to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.don
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.Derived terms
* donnishEtymology 2
A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.Verb
(donn)- To don one's clothes.
Antonyms
* (put on clothes)See also
* (l) * (l)Anagrams
* ----clothe
English
Verb
- to feed and clothe''' a family; to '''clothe oneself extravagantly
- Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
- Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- The naked every day he clad , / When he put on his clothes.
- to clothe somebody with authority or power
- language in which they can clothe their thoughts
- His sides are clothed with waving wood.
- words clothed in reason's garb