Clothes vs Gown - What's the difference?
clothes | gown | Related terms |
(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
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The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
* Prior
A loose, flowing upper garment.
A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
# The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
(by metonymy) The university community.
A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
Any sort of dress or garb.
The robe worn by a surgeon.
To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.
As nouns the difference between clothes and gown
is that clothes is items of clothing; apparel while gown is a loose, flowing upper garment.As verbs the difference between clothes and gown
is that clothes is third-person singular of clothe while gown is to dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.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
gown
English
Noun
(en noun)- In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
