last vs wear

last and wear both are nouns.

last is an adjective but wear is not an adjective.

last and wear both are verbs.

last is an adverb but wear is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
last	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
wear	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, wear is a hyponym of last; that is, wear is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than last:

last: persist for a specified period of time
wear: last and be usable

Other hyponyms of last include run, run for, endure, hold out, drag on, drag out.

last (noun)	wear (noun)
a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do	the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes	a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence	impairment resulting from long use
a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
the last or lowest in an ordering or series
the temporal end; the concluding time
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

last (adjective)	wear (adjective)
coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
occurring at or forming an end or termination
occurring at the time of death
highest in extent or degree
immediately past
conclusive in a process or progression
not to be altered or undone
most unlikely or unsuitable
lowest in rank or importance

last (verb)	wear (verb)
persist for a specified period of time	be dressed in
continue to live and avoid dying	put clothing on one's body
	have or show an appearance of
	exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
	have on one's person
	deteriorate through use or stress
	go to pieces
	last and be usable
	have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality

last (adverb)	wear (adverb)
most recently
the item at the end

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