Outfit vs. Attire — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Outfit and Attire
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Outfit
A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose
A welder's outfit.
Attire
To dress or clothe, especially in fine or elaborate garments.
Outfit
A set of clothing, often with accessories
What outfit are you wearing to the party?.
Attire
Clothing or array; apparel.
Outfit
(Informal) An association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization.
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Attire
The antlers of a deer.
Outfit
The act of equipping
The leader's outfit of the expedition.
Attire
(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
He was wearing his formal attire.
Outfit
To provide with necessary equipment
This store outfits skiers.
Attire
(heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.
Outfit
A set of clothing (with accessories).
She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
Attire
(transitive) To clothe or adorn.
We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.
He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.
Outfit
Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
Attire
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
Finely attired in a robe of white.
With the linen miter shall he be attired.
Outfit
Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
Attire
Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
Earth in her rich attire.
I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire.
Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire?
Outfit
(informal) A business or firm.
Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?
Attire
The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
Outfit
(sports) A sports team.
Attire
The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
Outfit
(statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
Attire
Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;
Formal attire
Battle dress
Outfit
A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
Attire
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;
She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Outfit
(transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.
Outfit
A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.
Outfit
Any assemblage of objects required for or used in performing a task; things required as equipment for a task.
Outfit
A complete ensemble of clothing, selected to form a matching set; a coordinated costume; as, a new Easter outfit.
Outfit
A business enterprise; as, what outfit do you work for?.
Outfit
Any team or party of people.
Outfit
Any cohesive unit such as a military company
Outfit
A set of clothing (with accessories);
His getup was exceedingly elegant
Outfit
Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
Outfit
Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;
The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
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