different between attire vs togs

English

Etymology

From Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ta??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Noun

attire (countable and uncountable, plural attires)

1. (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

   He was wearing his formal attire.

2. (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.

Translations

Verb

attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)

1. (transitive) To clothe or adorn.

Synonyms

• dight, don, dress; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Translations

Anagrams

• aettir, ratite

French

Verb

attire

1. first-person singular present indicative of attirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of attirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of attirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of attirer
5. second-person singular imperative of attirer

Anagrams

• attéri, étirât, itérât, traite, traité

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

togs

1. plural of tog

Noun

togs pl (plural only)

1. (Britain, slang) Clothes.
   • 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist,

     '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!'

   • 2016, San Francisco Examiner

     And the costumes looked like workout togs.

2. (with noun qualifier) Clothes for a specific occasion or use.

3. (Ireland, Australia (Queensland), New Zealand) swimsuit, both the women's and men's tight-fitting type (in some regions referred to as "speedos").

Synonyms

• (clothes for specific occasion or use): bathers, cossie, swimmers

Verb

togs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tog

Anagrams

• GTOs, gost, gots, stog

Swedish

Verb

togs

1. past tense passive of ta.
2. past tense passive of taga.