armour plate vs scale

scale vs armour plate

armour plate and scale both are nouns.

armour plate is not a verb while scale is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
armour plate	Yes	No	No	No
scale	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, scale is a hypernym of armour plate; that is, scale is a word with a broader meaning than armour plate:

armour plate: specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
scale: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Other hypernyms of armour plate include plate, shell.

armour plate (noun)	scale (noun)
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire	a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
	an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
	a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
	(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
	a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
	a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
	relative magnitude
	the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
	an ordered reference standard

armour plate (verb)	scale (verb)
	measure with or as if with scales
	size or measure according to a scale
	remove the scales from
	pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
	climb up by means of a ladder
	reach the highest point of
	take by attacking with scaling ladders
	measure by or as if by a scale

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