dressing vs full dress

dressing

noun
  • The activity of getting dressed. 

  • A sauce, especially a cold one for salads. 

  • Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc. 

  • Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy. 

  • Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 

  • An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling. 

  • The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. 

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 dressing and full dress occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )