dress vs formal

formal vs dress

dress and formal both are nouns.

dress and formal both are adjectives.

dress is a verb but formal is not a verb.

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

dress (noun)	formal (noun)
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice	a gown for evening wear
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion	a lavish dance requiring formal attire
clothing in general

dress (adjective)	formal (adjective)
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes	being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
suitable for formal occasions	(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
	refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
	logically deductive
	represented in simplified or symbolic form
	characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

dress (verb)	formal (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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