drag vs wear

drag and wear both are nouns.

drag and wear both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drag	Yes	No	Yes	No
wear	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wear is a hypernym of drag; that is, wear is a word with a broader meaning than drag:

drag: clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
wear: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

Other hypernyms of drag include article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable.

drag (noun)	wear (noun)
the act of dragging (pulling with force)	the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)	a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)	impairment resulting from long use
something tedious and boring
something that slows or delays progress
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

drag (verb)	wear (verb)
proceed for an extended period of time	be dressed in
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting	put clothing on one's body
suck in or take (air)	have or show an appearance of
pull, as against a resistance	exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
draw slowly or heavily	have on one's person
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost	deteriorate through use or stress
to lag or linger behind	go to pieces
walk without lifting the feet	last and be usable
move slowly and as if with great effort	have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

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