dress vs groom

dress and groom both are nouns.

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

As verbs, groom is a hypernym of dress; that is, groom is a word with a broader meaning than dress:

Other hypernyms of dress include neaten.

As verbs, dress and groom are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dress include curry.

dress (noun)	groom (noun)
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice	a man who has recently been married
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion	someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
clothing in general	a man participant in his own marriage ceremony

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

dress (verb)	groom (verb)
put on clothes	care for one's external appearance
provide with clothes or put clothes on	give a neat appearance to
apply a bandage or medication to	educate for a future role or function
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