Costume and Dressing

Costume

Costume noun - Clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation.

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Dressing and costume are semantically related in dress topic. In some cases you can use "Dressing" instead a noun "Costume".

Nearby Words: costumed, costumier, costuming

Dressing noun - A medicated covering used to heal an injury.

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Costume and dressing are semantically related in dress topic. Sometimes you can use "Costume" instead the word "Dressing" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: dress, dressed, dressy, dresser

good	good costume	good dressing
special	special costume	special dressing
similar	similar costume	similar dressing
common	common costume	common dressing
Other adjectives: complete, standard, initial, blue, bad, flamboyant, new, traditional, classic, different.

As Rebel especially is iconic, people will dress up wearing his costume from that, saying they're dressing up as him rather than his character (not helped by the character's name being Jim).

Source: I Am Not Leonard Nimoy
Cue Alan dressing up as a matador, only to discover he was the only person in costume.

Source: It's a Costume Party, I Swear!
Harry Dresden incorporates one of these into his vampire costume from Grave Peril, as he intends to snub his nose at the actual vampires at a costume party by dressing as a cheesy version.

Source: Tacky Tuxedo

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