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Habit vs Wardrobe - What's the difference?

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Habit is a related term of wardrobe.


As nouns the difference between habit and wardrobe

is that habit is habit while wardrobe is a cabinet in which clothes may be stored.

As a verb wardrobe is

to provide (a film, a customer, etc) with clothing.

habit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) ; see have.

Noun

(en noun)
  • An action done on a regular basis.
  • * Washington Irving
    • a man of very shy, retired habits
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits .  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
  • A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
  • A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
  • (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
  • * Addison
    • There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits .
  • * 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
    • it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
  • (botany) form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant, e.g. erect, prostrate, bushy.
  • An addiction.
    • Synonyms
    * (l)
    Related terms
    * exhibit * habitual * habituate * inhibit * prohibit

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) habiten, from (etyl) habiter, from (etyl) ; see have.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clothe.
  • (archaic) To inhabit.
    • Related terms
    * habitat * habitation

    External links

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    wardrobe

    English

    (wikipedia wardrobe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cabinet in which clothes may be stored.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe .}}
  • The department (or people working in that department) that obtains and stores articles of clothing for use in theatrical or motion picture productions.
  • A collection of clothing.
  • The clothing one owns or needs, often for a specific purpose such as work.

    • Synonyms

    * (the piece of furniture) cupboard, closet (US ), press, shrank * (the clothing department) costume department

    Derived terms

    * wardrobe malfunction * wardrobe mistress

    See also

    * armoire * lowboy * tallboy

    Verb

    (wardrob)
  • To provide (a film, a customer, etc.) with clothing.
  • * 1954 , Billboard (11 December 1954, page 20)
    • impressed with the quality of the talent and production, good wardrobing and speedy pacing.

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