clothe vs garment

clothe

verb
  • To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing. 

  • To cover or invest, as if with a garment. 

garment

verb
  • To clothe in a garment. 

noun
  • A single item of clothing. 

  • The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied. 

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