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change vs dress

dress vs change

change and dress both are nouns.

change is not an adjective while dress is an adjective.

change and dress both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
change Yes No Yes No
dress Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, dress is a hyponym of change; that is, dress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change:
  • change: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  • dress: put on clothes
Other hyponyms of change include freshen, freshen up, refresh, refreshen, get dressed, acquire, develop, get, grow, produce, regenerate, shade, gel, animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize, convert, creolize, mutate, experience, have, decrepitate, suburbanise, suburbanize, roll, roll up, glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over, grow, turn, barbarise, barbarize, alkalinise, alkalinize, change by reversal, reverse, turn, change integrity, change form, change shape, deform, form, change state, turn, climb up, jump, rise, assimilate, dissimilate, dissimilate, change magnitude, modify, deaden, break, crumble, decay, dilapidate, mildew, mold, mould, hydrate, dry, dry out, strengthen, distil, distill, deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce, crack, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, grow, mellow, mellow out, melt, soften, ionise, ionize, stabilise, stabilize, destabilise, destabilize, lighten, lighten up, color, colour, discolor, discolour, discolor, contract, narrow, darken, dim, boil, break, check, crack, transpire, resume, take up, change surface, sublimate, sublime, cool, cool down, cool off, warm up, warm, warm up, metamorphose, transform, transmute, convert, dull, get used to, complexify, ramify, Americanise, Americanize, develop, modernise, modernize, stiffen, tighten, break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad, give way, yield, harden, indurate, harden, indurate, suffuse, hush, normalise, normalize, reorient, purify, digest, regress, foul, decalcify, industrialise, industrialize, decarboxylate, spot, find, get, incur, obtain, receive, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, acquire, adopt, assume, take, take on, prim, capacitate, caseate, caseate, clinker, cure, dawn, salinate, desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt, shallow, shoal, steepen, superannuate, ulcerate, vitrify, vulcanise, vulcanize, dull, pall, become flat, die, pall, saponify, go, move, run, come, catch, catch on, develop, grow, fly, acquire, develop, evolve, assibilate, smoothen, turn on, drop, break into, change, deepen, concretise, concretize, decay, commute, transpose, introject, shift, swing, fall, fall, reflate, hydrolyse, hydrolyze, fold, fold up, gelatinise, gelatinize, felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, recombine, feminise, feminize, obsolesce, plasticise, plasticize, recede, defervesce, incandesce, calcify, drift, play out, conjugate, isomerise, isomerize, evaporate, vaporise, indurate, gradate, keratinise, keratinize, opacify, mature, rejuvenate, sequester, transaminate, vesiculate, undulate, vascularise, vascularize, crash, professionalise, professionalize, shift, flip, flip out, gum, repress, shear, damage, synthesize, come around, come round, promote, divide, part, separate, arrange, format, fall for, ascend, move up, rise, change posture, settle, break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way, undergo, solarise, solarize, occult, pass, depart, leave, pull up stakes, liberalise, liberalize, stratify, democratise, democratize, loosen, relax, reticulate, flocculate, carbonate, come in, go out, stagnate, make, frost over, ice over, ice up.
As verbs, dress is a hypernym of change; that is, dress is a word with a broader meaning than change:
  • change: change clothes; put on different clothes
  • dress: put on clothes
Other hypernyms of change include get dressed.
change (noun) dress (noun)
the action of changing something a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
a different or fresh set of clothes clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
a thing that is different clothing in general
a difference that is usually pleasant
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the result of alteration or modification
coins of small denomination regarded collectively
the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
change (adjective) dress (adjective)
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
suitable for formal occasions
change (verb) dress (verb)
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature put on clothes
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation provide with clothes or put clothes on
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence apply a bandage or medication to
change clothes; put on different clothes arrange attractively
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category dress or groom with elaborate care
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another give a neat appearance to
remove or replace the coverings of dress in a certain manner
become deeper in tone kill and prepare for market or consumption
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another convert into leather
give to, and receive from, one another put a dressing on
put a finish on
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
provide with decoration
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
arrange in ranks
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