beat vs mate

beat and mate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beat	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, mate is a hyponym of beat; that is, mate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat:

beat: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
mate: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

beat (noun)	mate (noun)
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
a stroke or blow	an exact duplicate
a regular rate of repetition	South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music	a person's partner in marriage
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse	the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart	the officer below the master on a commercial ship
the sound of stroke or blow	informal term for a friend of the same sex
a regular route for a sentry or policeman	a fellow member of a team
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior	South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations	one of a pair

beat (adjective)	mate (adjective)
very tired

beat (verb)	mate (verb)
wear out completely	place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
be a mystery or bewildering to	engage in sexual intercourse
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	bring two objects, ideas, or people together
beat through cleverness and wit
hit repeatedly
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
stir vigorously
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
shape by beating
make by pounding or trampling
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
move rhythmically
sail with much tacking or with difficulty
move with a flapping motion
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
move with a thrashing motion
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
make a rhythmic sound
make a sound like a clock or a timer
glare or strike with great intensity
avoid paying
be superior