dress vs wear

dress and wear both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

dress (noun)	wear (noun)
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice	the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion	a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
clothing in general	impairment resulting from long use

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

dress (verb)	wear (verb)
put on clothes	be dressed in
provide with clothes or put clothes on	put clothing on one's body
apply a bandage or medication to	have or show an appearance of
arrange attractively	exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
dress or groom with elaborate care	have on one's person
give a neat appearance to	deteriorate through use or stress
dress in a certain manner	go to pieces
kill and prepare for market or consumption	last and be usable
convert into leather	have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
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