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Sartorial vs Costume - What's the difference?

sartorial | costume |

As an adjective sartorial

is of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.

As a noun costume is

a style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

As a verb costume is

to dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

sartorial

English

Adjective

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  • (not comparable) Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.
  • * 2001 , Jay Parini, By Their Clothes Ye Shall Know Them , The Chronicle of Higher Education (21 Dec 2001), B24:
    • His sartorial rebellions were slight: he wore jeans, for example, when giving tutorials.
  • * 2007 , Carter Bays & Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother , CBS, Episode 2ALH14:
    • Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.
  • (senseid) Of or relating to the quality of dress
    • In his smart suit Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.
  • (anatomy) Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.

    • Synonyms

    * (pertaining to clothing) (l)

    See also

    * sartorialism * sartorialist

    costume

    English

    (wikipedia costume)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
    • ''The dancer was wearing Highland costume .
  • An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
    • ''We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  • A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
    • ''The bride wore a grey going-away costume .

    Synonyms

    * outfit

    Derived terms

    * costumal * costume drama * costume jewellery * costume party * costumer, costumier * national costume

    Related terms

    * customary * custom

    See also

    * uniform

    Verb

  • To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.

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