wear vs drag

wear and drag both are nouns.

wear and drag both are verbs.

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

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

wear: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
drag: clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

Other hyponyms of wear include accessory, accouterment, accoutrement, apparel, clothes, dress, wearing apparel, array, raiment, regalia, attire, dress, garb, beachwear, black, blue, change, civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes, footwear, garment, gray, grey, hand wear, handwear, headdress, headgear, knitwear, leisure wear, loungewear, man's clothing, neckpiece, nightclothes, nightwear, sleepwear, outerwear, overclothes, protective garment, ready-to-wear, slip-on, slops, street clothes, tailor-made, duds, threads, togs, uniform, vestiture, woman's clothing, work-clothes, work-clothing, work clothes, work clothing.

wear (noun)	drag (noun)
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment	the act of dragging (pulling with force)
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body	a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
impairment resulting from long use	clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
	something tedious and boring
	something that slows or delays progress
	the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

wear (verb)	drag (verb)
be dressed in	proceed for an extended period of time
put clothing on one's body	persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
have or show an appearance of	suck in or take (air)
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress	pull, as against a resistance
have on one's person	draw slowly or heavily
deteriorate through use or stress	search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
go to pieces	to lag or linger behind
last and be usable	walk without lifting the feet
have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality	move slowly and as if with great effort
	use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
	force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

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