handwear vs glove

handwear and glove both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
handwear	Yes	No	No	No
glove	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of handwear include muff.

handwear (noun)	glove (noun)
clothing for the hands	handwear: covers the hand and wrist
	the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
	boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing