Costume
Costume noun - Clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation.
Fancy dress and costume are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Fancy dress" with "Costume", this terms are similar.
Fancy dress
Fancy dress noun - A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party.
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Costume and fancy dress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Costume" instead a noun phrase "Fancy dress".
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- Mark's costume becomes even more ridiculous when he visits several other New Year's Eve parties, none of them fancy dress.
Source: It's a Costume Party, I Swear! - Blackadder II: Prince Ludwig, master of disguise, tries to sneak into Queen Elizabeth's fancy dress party disguised as Nursie in a cow costume, because Nursie always goes to fancy dress parties as a cow.
Source: Spotting the Thread -
Real Person Cameo: JG Ballard appears as a party guest at the fancy dress party; he's wearing a Union Jack costume.
Source: Film / Empire of the Sun
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