What's the difference between garb and raiment?

Garb


Definition:

  • (n.) Clothing in general.
  • (n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.
  • (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.
  • (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
  • (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
  • (v. t.) To clothe; array; deck.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mendl's candy colours contrast sharply with the gothic garb of our hero's enemies and the greys of the prison uniforms – as well as scenes showing the hotel later, in the 1960s, its opulence lost beneath a drab communist refurb.
  • (2) The vehicles were cleared for entry because those inside carried apparently legitimate US military identification cards, were dressed in proper American military garb and spoke perfect English.
  • (3) Identifiable by his distinctive hybrid of western and military garb, including a camouflage cowboy hat, jacket and boot protectors.
  • (4) "In the garb of these vaccination campaigns, the US and its allies are running their spying networks in Fata which has brought death and destruction on them in the form of drone strikes," the leaflet said.
  • (5) Moving swiftly on, Dominic Hart reminds us of an even more painful experience, physically at least, suffered by Newcastle supporter Robert Nesbitt, who chose to have a large image of Andy Cole in full Magpies garb tattooed on to his right thigh ... two days before Cole left for Manchester United.
  • (6) Apparently so – but with social media in meltdown at the prospect of Peter Dutton’s black-garbed men accosting strangers and demanding their papers, the under-the-clocks press conference quickly descended into predictable chaos.
  • (7) He essayed this “ho, for the open seas!” garb apparently for fun, and finds himself thrust on to the world stage dressed as a clown.
  • (8) While his British garb and proclivity for pub drink might seem completely out of place in LA, Logan is finding himself through his club – ebbing and flowing (and effing and blinding) with their highs and lows, finding solace and patience in their triumphs and shortcomings: I’ve found this outlet for performing loyalty, perpetuating a legendary verbal history, defending something at times very blindly and feeling pride in something only slightly larger than myself, all the while feeling this great sense of brotherhood and immortality.
  • (9) On Tuesday, at his first appearance at the federal court where he was self-represented, he came dressed in a long white robe, describing it as “Islamic garb”.
  • (10) Both men were wearing religious garb at the time of shooting.
  • (11) Fantastic Four review - a dawdling indie drama dressed up in superhero garb Read more There was better news for The Gift , a psychological thriller starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall which marks Australian actor Joel Edgerton’s debut as a director.
  • (12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bones, hair and traditional Yazidi garb at the site of a suspected mass grave near the town of Sinjar, Iraq.
  • (13) Everyone knows that Patrick Bateman, the narrator of Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho , obsessively details the items of designer garb that he and his yuppie acquaintances are wearing.
  • (14) Iran is a country that has been represented through the garb of its women for the past 30 years.
  • (15) Hamza wore simple blue prison garb and was unshackled during the court appearance.
  • (16) Other risk-reduction measures include the adoption of universal precautions against transmission of infectious disease; sharp-instrument precautions; the use of protective garb to prevent skin and mucous membrane contamination when blood or bloody body fluid may splash; the availability of stable, puncture-resistant disposal containers for sharp instruments; the exclusion of breakable glass syringes; and the accessibility of resuscitation equipment in all rooms in order to avoid direct mouth-to-mouth contact.
  • (17) Dr. LeRoy B. Garbe, radiologist, evaluates these findings in the cases presented.
  • (18) Bald, jovial, worldly, ferociously bright but genial towards those within the fractious Church of England who disagree with him, his favourite form of garb is jeans and T-shirt.
  • (19) During 1982 and 1983 college commencement ceremonies, a tally was made of students who displayed personal adornment in addition to their traditional academic garb.
  • (20) Entertainment Weekly’s new issue offers choice details on Adam Driver ’s Kylo Ren, while the web has also given us a (rather unofficial and likely to be removed quick-sharp by Disney) look at Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker in full Jedi garb.

Raiment


Definition:

  • (n.) Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.
  • (n.) An article of dress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There’s no mystique left now, not even a tattered raiment,” he told a baffled Jeremy Paxman in 1999 , “and frankly, I’m a lot better for it.
  • (2) She cloaked those words, “refugee” and “asylum seeker” – words that have become effortlessly dehumanising – in the raiments of her fierce, complex, open individuality, and did that not only for herself, but for everyone who has ever been described that way.

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