footgear vs shoe

footgear and shoe both are nouns.

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

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

footgear: covering for a person's feet
shoe: footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material

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

footgear (noun)	shoe (noun)
covering for a person's feet	footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
	U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
	a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
	(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

footgear (verb)	shoe (verb)
	furnish with shoes