Gown vs. Judge — What's the Difference?

A gown, from the Saxon word, gunna, is a usually loose outer garment from knee- to full-length worn by men and women in Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the 17th century, and continuing today in certain professions; later, gown was applied to any full-length woman's garment consisting of a bodice and attached skirt. A long, loosely fitted gown called a Banyan was worn by men in the 18th century as an informal coat.

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.

A long elegant dress worn on formal occasions

To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration

Be dressed in a gown

(Law) To hear and decide on in a court of law

A long loose flowing garment, such as a robe or nightgown.

To pass sentence on; condemn.

A long, usually formal dress.

To act as one appointed to decide the winners of

A robe or smock worn in operating rooms and other parts of hospitals as a guard against contamination.

To determine or declare after consideration or deliberation

A distinctive outer robe worn on ceremonial occasions, as by scholars or clerics.

(Informal) To have as an opinion or assumption; suppose

The faculty and student body of a university

(Bible) To govern; rule. Used of an ancient Israelite leader.

To clothe (oneself or another) with a gown.

To form an opinion or evaluation.

A loose, flowing upper garment.

To act or decide as a judge.

A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.

One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness

The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.

(Law) A public official who hears and decides cases brought in court.

The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.

(Law) A public official who hears and decides cases or matters in a forum other than a court, such as an administrative proceeding.

(by metonymy) The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.

One appointed to decide the winners of a contest or competition.

A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

A leader of the Israelites during a period of about 400 years between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul.

Any sort of dress or garb.

Judges (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

The robe worn by a surgeon.

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

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

A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

A loose, flowing upper garment

A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar.

A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

Any sort of dress or garb.

A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.

Long, usually formal, woman's dress

(transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).

Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

(intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

Outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

(transitive) To judicially rule or determine.

Dress in a gown

To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.

To award judicially; to adjudge.

(transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.

To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.

(intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

(transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

(ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.

(ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

(ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.

One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.

A person appointed to decide in a trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.

One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.

The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.

To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.

To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.

To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.

To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.

To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.

To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.

To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.

A public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice

An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Determine the result of (a competition)

Form an opinion of or pass judgment on;

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Pronounce judgment on;

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of;