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Stola vs Tog - What's the difference?

stola | tog |

As a noun stola

is stole (a long, wide scarf-like garment worn about the shoulders).

As a verb tog is

lift, lift up, raise.

stola

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the toga worn by men.

    • Anagrams

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    tog

    English

    (wikipedia tog)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) togue, from (etyl) toga'', "cloak" or "mantle". It started being used by thieves and vagabonds with the noun ''togman , which was an old slang word for "cloak". By the 1700s the noun "tog" was used as a short form for "togman", and it was being used for "coat", and before 1800 the word started to mean "clothing". The verb "tog" came out after a short period of time and became a popular word which meant to dress up.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cloak.
  • Clothes.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”}}
  • A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
    • Derived terms
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    Verb

    (togg)
  • To dress.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”}}

    Etymology 2