Guise vs Clothes - What's the difference?
guise | clothes | Synonyms |
Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (.)
* 1924 , Aristotle. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(Internet slang)
(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
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, chapter=6 (obsolete) .
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
* Prior
Guise is a synonym of clothes.
As verbs the difference between guise and clothes
is that guise is while clothes is (clothe).As a noun clothes is
(plural only) items of clothing; apparel.guise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) guise, gise, gyse, from (etyl) guisse, guise, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
- Under the guise of patriotism
- Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
Synonyms
* (customary way of acting) behavior, manner, mien, practice * (external appearance) appearance, lookEtymology 2
Noun
(head)- Sup guise ? — What's up, guys?
clothes
English
Etymology 1
(etyl)Noun
(head)citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
- She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes .
