formal vs dress

dress vs formal

formal and dress both are nouns.

formal and dress both are adjectives.

formal is not a verb while dress is a verb.

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

formal (noun)	dress (noun)
a gown for evening wear	a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
a lavish dance requiring formal attire	clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
	clothing in general

formal (adjective)	dress (adjective)
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)	(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms	suitable for formal occasions
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
logically deductive
represented in simplified or symbolic form
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

formal (verb)	dress (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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