different types of items have their own specific verbs?

I noticed something about the way “wearing” is expressed. In English we just say wear? But in here, they used different verbs. (着る vs 被る).

So my question is, is it actually a common pattern in Japanese that different types of items have their own specific verbs? I’d also love to know how learners usually approach this. Should I just memorize them as individual cases, or is there a systematic way to study them?