dress vs clothing

dress and clothing both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

dress (verb)	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