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Outerwear vs Outwear - What's the difference?

outerwear | outwear |

As a noun outerwear

is clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

As a verb outwear is

to wear out.

outerwear

English

Noun

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  • clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear
  • clothing (such as a rain jacket) worn over one's clothes, to protect them (e.g. against rain) when outside
  • outwear

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    Verb

  • To wear out
  • * 1874 ,
  • ''Crushed impotent beneath this reign of terror,
    ''Dazed with mysteries of woe and error,
    ''The soul is too outworn for wondering.
  • To outlast
  • To survive longer
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 29 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) citation , page= , passage=According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof. }}

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