clothing vs full dress

clothing

noun
  • An act or instance of putting clothes on. 

  • A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. 

  • Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion. 

full dress

noun
  • Clothing worn on formal occasions. 

adj
  • Requiring a full-scale operation with attention to every minute detail. 

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