Raiment vs Wardrobe - What's the difference?
raiment | wardrobe | Related terms |
(archaic, or, literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
* William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1866
, first = Algernon
, last = Swinburne
, authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
, title = Aholibah
, section = lines 11-12
, passage = Strange raiment clad thee like a bride,
With silk to wear on hands and feet }}* {{quote-web
, date = 2006-12-24
, title = The Courtier's Reply
, first = PZ
, last = Myers
, authorlink = PZ Myers
, site =
, url = http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/12/the_courtiers_reply.php
, accessdate = 2011-10-30
, passage = We have entire schools dedicated to writing learned treatises on the beauty of the Emperor's raiment, and every major newspaper runs a section dedicated to imperial fashion...
}}
A cabinet in which clothes may be stored.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword 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.
To provide (a film, a customer, etc.) with clothing.
* 1954 , Billboard (11 December 1954, page 20)
Raiment is a related term of wardrobe.
As nouns the difference between raiment and wardrobe
is that raiment is (archaic|or|literary) clothing, garments, dress, material 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.raiment
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''For all that beauty that doth cover thee
- Is but the seemly raiment of my heart
With silk to wear on hands and feet }}
Anagrams
*wardrobe
English
(wikipedia wardrobe)Noun
(en noun)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 .}}
Synonyms
* (the piece of furniture) cupboard, closet (US ), press, shrank * (the clothing department) costume departmentDerived terms
* wardrobe malfunction * wardrobe mistressSee also
* armoire * lowboy * tallboyVerb
(wardrob)- impressed with the quality of the talent and production, good wardrobing and speedy pacing.
