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dress vs eveningwear

eveningwear vs dress

dress and eveningwear both are nouns.

dress is an adjective but eveningwear is not an adjective.

dress is a verb but eveningwear is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dress Yes Yes Yes No
eveningwear Yes No No No
As nouns, eveningwear is a hyponym of dress; that is, eveningwear is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dress:
  • dress: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  • eveningwear: attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
dress (noun) eveningwear (noun)
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
clothing in general
dress (adjective) eveningwear (adjective)
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
suitable for formal occasions
dress (verb) eveningwear (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
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