different between clothing vs gown

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.

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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 Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”), from Ancient Greek ????? (goúna, “coarse garment”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Balkan or Apennine language. Alternatively, perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *gawnám (“fur”) (compare Younger Avestan ????????????????????? (gaona, “body hair”) and Ossetian ???? (?un)).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• enPR: goun, IPA^(key): /?a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

gown (plural gowns)

1. A loose, flowing upper garment.
2. A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
3. The official robe of certain professionals and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
   1. The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
4. (by metonymy) The university community.

   In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.

5. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
6. Any sort of dress or garb.
7. The robe worn by a surgeon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

gown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)

1. To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

References

Anagrams

• Wong, wong