Clothes vs Attires - What's the difference?
clothes | attires |
(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
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The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
* Prior
(attire)
One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
(heraldiccharge) The single horn of a deer or stag.
To dress or garb.
As verbs the difference between clothes and attires
is that clothes is (clothe) while attires is .As a noun clothes
is (plural only) items of clothing; apparel.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 .
Derived terms
(terms derived from "clothes") * bedclothes * clotheshorse * clothesline * clothes moth * clothes-peg * clothes peg * clothespin * clotehspress * swaddling clothes * swathing clothesSee also
* clothing * gear * threadsEtymology 2
attires
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----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.