deck vs suit

deck

verb
  • To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance. 

  • To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch. 

  • To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game. 

  • To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. 

  • To decorate (something). 

  • To cover; to overspread. 

noun
  • A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs. 

  • A set of slides for a presentation. 

  • A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing. 

  • The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. 

  • Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. 

  • A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane. 

  • A pack or set of playing cards. 

  • A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text. 

  • The floor. 

  • The stage. 

suit

verb
  • To dress; to clothe. 

  • To be suitable or apt for one's image. 

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

  • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. 

  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste. 

  • To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with) 

noun
  • The full set of sails required for a ship. 

  • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. 

  • The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. 

  • A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. 

  • A full set of armour. 

  • Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. 

  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. 

  • A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. 

  • Petition, request, entreaty. 

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