Outfit vs. Costume

Outfitnoun

A set of clothing (with accessories).

Outfitnoun

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

Outfitnoun

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

Outfitnoun

(informal) A business or firm.

Outfitnoun

(sports) A sports team.

Outfitnoun

(statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.

Outfitverb

(transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

Outfitnoun

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.

Outfitnoun

Any assemblage of objects required for or used in performing a task; things required as equipment for a task.

Outfitnoun

A complete ensemble of clothing, selected to form a matching set; a coordinated costume; as, a new Easter outfit.

Outfitnoun

A business enterprise; as, what outfit do you work for?.

Outfitnoun

Any team or party of people.

Outfitnoun

any cohesive unit such as a military company

Outfitnoun

a set of clothing (with accessories);

Outfitnoun

gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

Outfitverb

provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;

Costumenoun

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

Costumenoun

An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

Costumenoun

A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

Costumeverb

To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

Costumenoun

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

Costumenoun

Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.

Costumenoun

A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.

Costumenoun

the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball;

Costumenoun

unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place;

Costumenoun

the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)

Costumenoun

the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class;

Costumeverb

dress in a costume;

Costumeverb

furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

Costume

Costume is the distinctive style of dress or cosmetic of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch. In short costume is a cultural visual of the people.