appeal vs plea

appeal and plea both are nouns.

appeal is a verb but plea is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appeal	Yes	No	Yes	No
plea	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plea is a hyponym of appeal; that is, plea is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appeal:

appeal: earnest or urgent request
plea: a humble request for help from someone in authority

Other hyponyms of appeal include adjuration, demagoguery, demagogy, supplication, solicitation, suit, courting, courtship, suit, wooing.

appeal (noun)	plea (noun)
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial	an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates	a humble request for help from someone in authority
earnest or urgent request	(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
request for a sum of money

appeal (verb)	plea (verb)
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
cite as an authority; resort to
be attractive to
take a court case to a higher court for review
challenge (a decision)

Difference between appeal and plea

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