disguise vs guise

disguise

noun
  • Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. 

  • The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy. 

  • The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath. 

verb
  • To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity. 

  • To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance. 

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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