wear the trousers vs call the tune

wear the trousers and call the tune both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wear the trousers	No	No	Yes	No
call the tune	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, wear the trousers and call the tune are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of wear the trousers include call the shots.

wear the trousers (verb)	call the tune (verb)
exercise authority or be in charge	exercise authority or be in charge