Six words that mean "to wear/put on" in Japanese
When you compare different languages, you sometime find that one expression in one language corresponds to many different expressions in another.
For example, in English you have the verbs laugh, smile, giggle, grin, chuckle (Are there more?) but in Japanese we only have one expression 笑う (warau) corresponding to all of them. To express different manners of warau, we have to use an adverb together.
On the other hand, Japanese has at least six different verbs that mean "to wear/put on". We use different expressions depending on what you wear. So here they are:
かぶる (kaburu) - hat (i.e. something you wear on your head)
着る (kiru) - jacket, shirt, blouse, dress, suit etc. (i.e. tops and all-over clothes)
履く (haku) - pants, skirts, shoes (i.e. bottoms, including shoes)
かける (kakeru) - glasses, sunglasses
する (suru) - watch, necklace, earrings, ring, belt, necktie, makeup, etc. (i.e. accessories and makeup)
つける (tsukeru) - perfume, cologne
What happens if you use a wrong verb? For example, if you use the verb kaburu to mean "to put on a pair of pants" (that'd be パンツをかぶる Pantsu o kaburu), it will mean that you put on a pair of pants on your head. Very funny. And if you say パンツを着る Pantsu o kiru, it will mean you wear pants around your upper body somehow. I can't quite picture how you manage to do that though!