Difference between Suit and Suite

What is the difference between Suit and Suite?

Suit as a noun is a set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers, or a similar outfit for a woman. while Suite as a noun is a retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.

Suit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit. To dress; to clothe. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by with or to.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers, or a similar outfit for a woman. A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boilersuit, protective suit A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. A full set of armour. 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. The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase. Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. The full set of sails required for a ship. 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. Regular order; succession. The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal. A company of attendants or followers; a retinue. A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)

Example sentence: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Suite

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals.A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.

We hope you now know whether to use Suit or Suite in your sentence.

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