Robe vs Tunic - What's the difference?
robe | tunic |
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
* Shakespeare
(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
To clothe someone in a robe.
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19
As nouns the difference between robe and tunic
is that robe is a long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature while tunic is a garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.As a verb robe
is to clothe someone in a robe.robe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Verb
Derived terms
* berobedAnagrams
* ----tunic
English
(wikipedia tunic)Alternative forms
* tunick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}