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workwear vs dress

dress vs workwear

workwear and dress both are nouns.

workwear is not an adjective while dress is an adjective.

workwear is not a verb while dress is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
workwear Yes No No No
dress Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, dress is a hypernym of workwear; that is, dress is a word with a broader meaning than workwear:
  • workwear: heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work
  • dress: clothing in general
Other hypernyms of workwear include apparel, clothes, wearing apparel.
workwear (noun) dress (noun)
heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
clothing in general
workwear (adjective) dress (adjective)
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
suitable for formal occasions
workwear (verb) dress (verb)
put on clothes
provide with clothes or put clothes on
apply a bandage or medication to
arrange attractively
dress or groom with elaborate care
give a neat appearance to
dress in a certain manner
kill and prepare for market or consumption
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
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