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Outfit vs Factory - What's the difference?

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Outfit is a related term of factory.


As nouns the difference between outfit and factory

is that outfit is a set of clothing (with accessories) while factory is (obsolete) a trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

As a verb outfit

is to provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

outfit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A set of clothing (with accessories).
  • She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
  • gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
  • Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
  • (informal) A business or firm.
  • Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?
  • (sports) A sports team
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 20 , author=Jamie Lillywhite , title=Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit , who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.}}

    Synonyms

    * kit * getup (1) * rig * turnout

    Verb

    (outfitt)
  • To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
  • "The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

    Synonyms

    * equip * fit

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

  • outfit
  • References

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    factory

    English

    Noun

    (factories)
  • (obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
  • The position or state of being a factor.
  • A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories , it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
  • A device which produces or manufactures something.
  • (programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
  • * 2010 , Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, William Bartholomew, Inside the Microsoft Build Engine
  • The task factory is the object that is responsible for creating instances of those tasks dynamically.

    Synonyms

    * manufactory

    Derived terms

    * factory reset