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What is the difference between dressmaker and tailor?

dressmaker | tailor |

Tailor is a related term of dressmaker.

Tailor is a coordinate term of dressmaker.



As nouns the difference between dressmaker and tailor

is that dressmaker is a person who makes dresses while tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

As a verb tailor is

to make, repair, or alter clothes.

dressmaker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who makes dresses.

    • Usage notes

    * This term may apply to a person of either gender, but is usually expected to be female.

    Coordinate terms

    * seamstress * tailor

    tailor

    English

    (wikipedia tailor)

    Alternative forms

    * tailour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  • (Australia) The fish .

    • Derived terms

    * tailorbird * tailoress * tailor-fashion * tailor-made * tailor's chalk * tailor's dummy

    Synonyms

    * (fish ) bluefish

    Related terms

    * dressmaker * seamster

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  • To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  • To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
    • .

    References

    * Australian Fish and How to Catch Them , Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.