different between clothing vs equipment

English

Etymology

From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe +? -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kl??ð??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klo?ð??/
• Rhymes: -??ð??
• Hyphenation: cloth?ing

Verb

clothing

1. present participle of clothe

Noun

clothing (countable and uncountable, plural clothings)

1. Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
2. An act or instance of putting clothes on.

   The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.

3. (obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
   • 1713, John Ray, Three Physico-theological discourses

     Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing.

4. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Derived terms

• clothingless
• wolf in sheep's clothing
• women's clothing

Synonyms

• clothes, attire, apparel

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:clothing

Translations

See also

• vestiary, sartorial

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clathing, clothyng, clothynge, clathynge, cloþing, cloþinge, cloþingue, claþing, claþinng, cloþyng, cla?ing

Etymology

From clothen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /?kl??ðin?/
• IPA^(key): /?kl??ðin?/

Noun

clothing (plural clothinges)

1. What one wears; clothing, outfit, garments.
   1. A piece of clothes; an individual component of an outfit.
   2. The uniform or outfit associated with an occupation or position.
   3. (figuratively) One's religious values and priorities.
   4. (figuratively, rare) One's appearance or countenance.
2. Linen or sheets used as a cover or a protective layer.
3. The equipping or provision of garments.

Descendants

• English: clothing

References

• “cl?thing, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.

English

Etymology

From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw?pm?nt/

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:

     The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

2. Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
   • 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend

     Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.

Derived terms

Related terms

• equip

Translations