protective garment vs vesture

protective garment and vesture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
protective garment	Yes	No	No	No
vesture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, vesture is a hypernym of protective garment; that is, vesture is a word with a broader meaning than protective garment:

protective garment: clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury
vesture: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

Other hypernyms of protective garment include article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable.

protective garment (noun)	vesture (noun)
clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury	a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
	something that covers or cloaks like a garment

protective garment (verb)	vesture (verb)
	provide or cover with a cloak