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Transvert vs Transvest - What's the difference?

transvert | transvest |

As verbs the difference between transvert and transvest

is that transvert is (obsolete|transitive) to cause to turn across; to transverse while transvest is (uncommon|formal) to wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.

transvert

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cause to turn across; to transverse.
  • * 1448 , The Craft of Lovers
    • Why mannes langage wil procure and transvert / The wille of wymmen and vyrgyns innocent

    transvest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (uncommon, formal) To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.
  • * 2010 , Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men: Changing Gender in Native American Cultures :
    • both their gender role and their gender status must have been so distinctively androgynous that they probably did not transvest .

    Usage notes

    This term is rare and formal; the casual is much more common.

    Synonyms

    * cross-dress

    Related terms

    * transvestite