camouflage vs costume

camouflage

noun
  • A disguise or covering up. 

  • A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. 

  • The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy. 

  • The act of disguising. 

  • Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection. 

  • Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting. 

verb
  • To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks. 

costume

noun
  • An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc. 

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

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

verb
  • To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb. 

How often have the words camouflage and costume occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )