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dress vs workwear

workwear vs dress

dress and workwear both are nouns.

dress is an adjective but workwear is not an adjective.

dress is a verb but workwear is not a verb.

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