Naked vs Clad - What's the difference?
naked | clad |
Not wearing any clothes; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
Unprotected; (by extension) without a condom.
Uncomfortable; as if missing something important.
(nake)
To clothe.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
To cover with insulation.
(clad)
(archaic) (clothe)
As verbs the difference between naked and clad
is that naked is (nake) while clad is to clothe.As an adjective naked
is not wearing any clothes; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.naked
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (m).Adjective
(en adjective)- She was as naked as the day she was born.
- This is the naked truth.
- The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.
- The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies.
- I entered her naked and came in her too.
- I feel naked without my mobile phone.
Synonyms
* bare, nude, starkers, unclad, unclothed, butt-naked, bareassed, birthday suit, showing skin, barefoot * See also * (without a condom)Derived terms
* naked ape * naked eye * naked flame * naked truth * half-naked, half naked * semi-nakedEtymology 2
See (nake) (verb)Verb
(head)Anagrams
* (l), (l)clad
English
Verb
- The horse was clad with its best blanket.
- But what interested me most was the slender figure of a dainty girl, clad only in a thin bit of muslin which scarce covered her knees--a bit of muslin torn and ragged about the lower hem.