Garment vs Robe - What's the difference?
garment | robe |
A single item of clothing.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
* Shakespeare
(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
To clothe someone in a robe.
As nouns the difference between garment and robe
is that garment is a single item of clothing while robe is a long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.As a verb robe is
to clothe someone in a robe.garment
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(en noun)Derived terms
* touch the hem of someone's garmentHyponyms
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(en noun)- Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.