wear vs headgear

headgear vs wear

wear and headgear both are nouns.

wear is a verb but headgear is not a verb.

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

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

wear: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
headgear: clothing for the head

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, drag, footwear, garment, gray, grey, hand wear, handwear, headdress, 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)	headgear (noun)
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment	clothing for the head
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body	stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head
impairment resulting from long use	the hoist at the pithead of a mine

wear (verb)	headgear (verb)
be dressed in
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

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