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Zentai vs Costume - What's the difference?

zentai | costume |

As nouns the difference between zentai and costume

is that zentai is skintight garments that cover the entire body while costume is fancy dress.

As a verb costume is

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zentai

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia zentai)
  • skintight garments that cover the entire body
  • * 2007 , "Stephen Harris", Chastity, corsets, TENS, zentai and bondage...'' (on newsgroup ''soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm )
    • Saturday morning Tori was due over so we could go shopping. I thought I'd surprise her... so I set up the TENS unit, then locked on a zentai suit over it, then put a corset on over that, and locked a belt over that! Finally I chained myself to the bed so I couldn't do anything about it.
  • * 2011 , Donovan Rush, Obsession
    • Laid out on the cot was a single piece of dark clothing that looked like someone's deflated shadow. "This is a zentai outfit." She held up the costume.
  • * 2011 , Daniel Mega, Infrastrata
    • The Viruses were reaching the front door. Other women dressed in leather zentai suits dropped in on hoverbikes, dispersing of(SIC) the Viruses. Van recognized the symbols on their clothing.
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    costume

    English

    (wikipedia costume)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
    • ''The dancer was wearing Highland costume .
  • An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
    • ''We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  • A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
    • ''The bride wore a grey going-away costume .

    Synonyms

    * outfit

    Derived terms

    * costumal * costume drama * costume jewellery * costume party * costumer, costumier * national costume

    Related terms

    * customary * custom

    See also

    * uniform

    Verb

  • To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.

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