dress vs vesture

dress and vesture both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

As verbs, vesture is a hyponym of dress; that is, vesture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dress:

dress (noun)	vesture (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	something that covers or cloaks like a garment
clothing in general

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

dress (verb)	vesture (verb)
put on clothes	provide or cover with a cloak
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