Guise vs. Guys — What's the Difference?

Guise (French pronunciation: ​[ɡɥiz]; Dutch: Wieze) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The city was the birthplace of the noble family of Guise, Dukes of Guise, who later became Princes of Joinville.

A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.

Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.

(Informal) A man; a fellow.

False appearance; pretense

Guys(Informal) Persons of either sex.

Mode of dress; garb

Chiefly British A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.

(Obsolete) Custom; habit.

Often Guy An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.

Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)

To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.

External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

To hold up to ridicule; mock.

Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.

Plural of guy

To dress.

(colloquial) Used to address a group of people regardless of gender.

To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.

Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; - often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.

External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

An artful or simulated semblance;