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Underwear vs Clothe - What's the difference?

underwear | clothe |

As a noun underwear

is clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

As a verb clothe is

to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

underwear

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
  • * 2006 , Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire
    • “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.
  • Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and bras.

    • Synonyms

    * shreddies * underclothes * undergarments * undies * See also

    clothe

    English

    Verb

  • To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
    • to feed and clothe''' a family; to '''clothe oneself extravagantly
  • * Shakespeare
    • Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 21
    • Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The naked every day he clad , / When he put on his clothes.
  • (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
    • to clothe somebody with authority or power
  • * Watts
    • language in which they can clothe their thoughts
  • * J. Dyer
    • His sides are clothed with waving wood.
  • * Milton
    • words clothed in reason's garb