wear vs dress

wear and dress both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of wear include get dressed.

wear (noun)	dress (noun)
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment	a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body	clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
impairment resulting from long use	clothing in general

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

wear (verb)	dress (verb)
be dressed in	put on clothes
put clothing on one's body	provide with clothes or put clothes on
have or show an appearance of	apply a bandage or medication to
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress	arrange attractively
have on one's person	dress or groom with elaborate care
deteriorate through use or stress	give a neat appearance to
go to pieces	dress in a certain manner
last and be usable	kill and prepare for market or consumption
have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality	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