different between clothes vs vestment

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

Etymology

From Middle English vestement, vestment, from Old French vestement (compare French vêtement), from Latin vest?mentum. Surface analysis vest +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?stm?nt/

Noun

vestment (plural vestments)

1. A robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.
2. Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.
3. (in the plural) Clothing.
4. (archaic) An article of clothing, especially an outer garment.

Related terms

• invest
• vest
• vestibule
• vesture

Translations

References

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