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Raiment vs Wardrobe - What's the difference?

raiment | wardrobe | Related terms |

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)
  • (archaic, or, literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
  • * William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.
  • ''For all that beauty that doth cover thee
    Is but the seemly raiment of my heart
  • * {{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... }}

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    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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