camouflage vs guise

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. 

guise

noun
  • Misleading appearance; cover, cloak. 

  • External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. 

  • Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.) 

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