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Clothing vs Frilling - What's the difference?

clothing | frilling |

As verbs the difference between clothing and frilling

is that clothing is present participle of lang=en while frilling is present participle of frill.

As nouns the difference between clothing and frilling

is that clothing is any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion while frilling is a frilled ornamentation on clothing.

clothing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
  • * Milton
    • From others he shall stand in need of nothing, / Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing .
  • An act or instance of putting clothes on.
    • The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
  • (obsolete) The art of process of making cloth.
  • * Ray
    • Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing .
  • A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
    • (Knight)
    Hyponyms
    * See also

    See also

    (clothing related terms) * belt * bra * briefs * blouse * cap * coat * clothe * dress * gloves * halter * hat * jacket * mittens * muffler * pants * shirt * shoes * shorts * socks * sox * stocking * swimsuit * tie * tuxedo * underwear

    frilling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A frilled ornamentation on clothing.
  • * 1860? , Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
    • So she sat, corpselike, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper.