different between clothes vs togs

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English cl?þas (“clothes”), plural of cl?þ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth +? -s. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kl??(ð)z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klo?(ð)z/
• Homophone: close (when /ð/ is omitted)
• Rhymes: -??ðz, -??z

Noun

clothes pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
2. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
3. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
   • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove

     She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.

4. laundry (hung on a clothesline)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: krosi

Translations

See also

• clothing
• gear
• threads
• habiliment

Etymology 2

clothe +? -s

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kl??ðz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klo?ðz/
• Rhymes: -??ðz

Verb

clothes

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

References

• clothes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• clothes at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cholest., closeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clathes, cloþes

Noun

clothes

1. plural of cloth

Descendants

• English: clothes
• Scots: clathes, claes, clais, claise

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.