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Garment vs Vestment - What's the difference?

garment | vestment |

As nouns the difference between garment and vestment

is that garment is a single item of clothing while vestment is a robe or gown worn as an indication of office.

garment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * touch the hem of someone's garment
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    vestment

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A robe or gown worn as an indication of office.
  • Any of the robes worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.