dress vs article of clothing

dress and article of clothing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dress	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
article of clothing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, article of clothing is a hypernym of dress; that is, article of clothing is a word with a broader meaning than dress:

Other hypernyms of dress include clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable.

As nouns, article of clothing is a hypernym of dress; that is, article of clothing is a word with a broader meaning than dress:

Other hypernyms of dress include clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable.

dress (noun)	article of clothing (noun)
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice	a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
clothing in general

dress (adjective)	article of clothing (adjective)
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
suitable for formal occasions

dress (verb)	article of clothing (verb)
put on clothes
provide with clothes or put clothes on
apply a bandage or medication to
arrange attractively
dress or groom with elaborate care
give a neat appearance to
dress in a certain manner
kill and prepare for market or consumption
convert into leather
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