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The difference between dress and wear?

I. Different meanings

1. dress: to put on clothes, to dress (someone).

2. in: within....

3, put on: to wear, to put on.

4. wear: ...to put on, clothe, wear, put on.

2. Different Usage

1. dress: the basic meaning of dress is "to clothe the naked body", which can indicate the state (=wear clothes), but also can indicate the action (=put on clothes). dress contains the flavor of wearing or style carefully selected. The word dress contains the flavor of wearing or choosing clothes carefully, and it can be extended to mean "decorate", "dress up", "provide clothes for...", "design clothes for...", "dress up", "comb hair", etc. " and so on.

2. in: in tends to emphasize the location or environment in which a person or thing is located, and thus is often used in conjunction with singular nouns or collective nouns that focus on the overall environment.

3, put on: the basic meaning is "wearing, wearing", can be expressed in the action of wearing, but also can indicate a continuous or frequent state, and then not only can be connected to the clothes, but also can be connected to the hat, glasses, etc., but also can be expressed as "wearing" "to apply".

4, wear: wear is an uncountable noun, the basic meaning is "wearing, wearing", refers to "wear or wear the state", can also refer to "wear clothing", this time with other words form a compound. The word "wear" is a compound word that is often used in conjunction with other words. wear can be derived to mean "to use, to wear out" and "durability".

Three, the focus is different

1, dress: dress can be used as a transitive verb, "wear", "dress" means, but only used for dressing, which indicates both action and state.

2, in: usually use be in + color, also means "wear", refers to the state of wearing.

3. put on: put on means "to put on", "to put on", which means the action of putting on clothes, and its antonym is take off.

4. wear: wear? "wearing", "wearing" meaning, can be used for wearing clothes, shoes, hats, gloves, jewelry, etc., emphasizing the state.