Outfit vs. Ensemble

By Jaxson

  • Outfit

    Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel and attire) is a collective term for items worn on the body. Clothing can be made of textiles, animal skin, or other thin sheets of materials put together. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depend on body type, social, and geographic considerations. Some clothing can be gender-specific.

    Physically, clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements and can enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking. It protects the wearer from rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothes can insulate against cold or hot conditions, and they can provide a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. Clothing also provides protection from ultraviolet radiation.

    Wearing clothes is also a social norm, and being deprived of clothing in front of others may be embarrassing, or not wearing clothes in public such that genitals, breasts or buttocks are visible could be seen as indecent exposure.

Wikipedia
  • Outfit (noun)

    A set of clothing (with accessories).

    “She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.”

  • Outfit (noun)

    Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.

  • Outfit (noun)

    Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.

  • Outfit (noun)

    A business or firm.

    “Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?”

  • Outfit (noun)

    A sports team.

  • Outfit (noun)

    An outlier-sensitive fit.

  • Outfit (verb)

    To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

    “”The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities””

  • Ensemble (noun)

    A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.

  • Ensemble (noun)

    A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.

  • Ensemble (noun)

    A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.

  • Ensemble (noun)

    A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.

  • Ensemble (noun)

    A probability distribution for the state of the system.

  • Ensemble (noun)

    A hypotheses.

  • Ensemble (verb)

    To put together in a coordinated whole.

  • Ensemble (verb)

    To perform in a musical id=Q2088357.

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