apparel vs white tie

apparel

noun
  • Clothing. 

  • A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. 

  • The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc. 

  • Aspect, guise, form. 

verb
  • To dress or clothe; to attire. 

  • To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental 

  • To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. 

white tie

noun
  • The most formal kind of eveningwear for men, consisting of an evening tailcoat, trousers with strips of braid down the side seams, white stiff-fronted shirt, white bow tie and waistcoat with or without sash. 

  • A dress code specifying white tie for men and ball gown or evening dress for women, or, alternatively, full military dress or national costume. 

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