Costume vs Customs - What's the difference?
costume | customs |
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
* 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
(pluralonly) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
(label) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
As nouns the difference between costume and customs
is that costume is fancy dress while customs is .As a verb costume
is .costume
English
(wikipedia costume)Noun
(en noun)- ''The dancer was wearing Highland costume .
- ''We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
- ''The bride wore a grey going-away costume .
Synonyms
* outfitDerived terms
* costumal * costume drama * costume jewellery * costume party * costumer, costumier * national costumeSee also
* uniformVerb
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.
External links
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English
(wikipedia customs)Noun
(head)- The culture had many distinctive and interesting beliefs and customs .
- Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
- Customs has pulled us over on our way for an inspection.