Togs vs Habit - What's the difference?
togs | habit | Related terms |
(UK, plural only) Clothes.
:: 'Look at his togs', Fagin!' said Charley, putting the light so close to his new jacket as nearly to set him on fire. 'Look at his ' togs ! Superfine cloth, and the heavy swell cut! Oh, my eye, what a game! And his books, too! Nothing but a gentleman, Fagin!'
(with noun qualifier, plural only) Clothes for a specific occasion or use.
A swimsuit.
(tog)
An action done on a regular basis.
* Washington Irving
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, title= An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
* Shakespeare
* Addison
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
(botany) form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant, e.g. erect, prostrate, bushy.
An addiction.
Togs is a related term of habit.
As nouns the difference between togs and habit
is that togs is while habit is habit.As a verb togs
is (tog).togs
English
Noun
(head)- 1837-39 , ,
- gardening togs''', swimming '''togs
Synonyms
* (clothes for specific occasion or use) bathers, cossie, swimmersVerb
(head)Anagrams
* * ----habit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) ; see have.Noun
(en noun)- a man of very shy, retired habits
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits . ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits .
- it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.