jacket vs dress

dress vs jacket

jacket and dress both are nouns.

jacket is not an adjective while dress is an adjective.

jacket and dress both are verbs.

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

As verbs, dress is a hypernym of jacket; that is, dress is a word with a broader meaning than jacket:

jacket: put a jacket on
dress: provide with clothes or put clothes on

Other hypernyms of jacket include apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog.

jacket (noun)	dress (noun)
a short coat	a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
an outer wrapping or casing	clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth	clothing in general
the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
the outer skin of a potato

jacket (adjective)	dress (adjective)
	(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
	suitable for formal occasions

jacket (verb)	dress (verb)
put a jacket on	put on clothes
provide with a thermally non-conducting cover	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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