footgear vs patten

footgear and patten both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
footgear	Yes	No	No	No
patten	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, patten is a hyponym of footgear; that is, patten is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than footgear:

Other hyponyms of footgear include boot, clog, geta, sabot, flats, overshoe, shoe, carpet slipper, slipper.

footgear (noun)	patten (noun)
covering for a person's feet	footwear usually with wooden soles