costume vs kit

costume

noun
  • A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season. 

  • A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people. 

  • An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc. 

verb
  • To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb. 

kit

noun
  • Clothing. 

  • A drum kit. 

  • A kitten (young cat). 

  • A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. 

  • A young rabbit. 

  • A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons. 

  • A young ferret. 

  • The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players. 

  • A young beaver. 

  • A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. 

  • A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. 

  • A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble. 

  • A young skunk. 

  • A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight. 

  • Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling. 

  • The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character. 

  • A young weasel 

  • Synonym of kit violin 

  • A kit fox. 

verb
  • To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases. 

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