civies vs civilian garb

civies and civilian garb both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civies	Yes	No	No	No
civilian garb	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, civilian garb is a hypernym of civies; that is, civilian garb is a word with a broader meaning than civies:

civies: civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
civilian garb: ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.

Other hypernyms of civies include civilian clothing, civilian dress, plain clothes.

civies (noun)	civilian garb (noun)
civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform	ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.