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raiment vs dress up

dress up vs raiment

raiment is a noun but dress up is not a noun.

raiment and dress up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
raiment Yes No Yes No
dress up No No Yes No
As verbs, dress up is a hyponym of raiment; that is, dress up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than raiment:
  • raiment: provide with clothes or put clothes on
  • dress up: dress in a costume
raiment (noun) dress up (noun)
especially fine or decorative clothing
raiment (verb) dress up (verb)
provide with clothes or put clothes on put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
dress in a costume
dress in a certain manner
make something appear superficially attractive
put a caparison on
Difference between raiment and dress up

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