brace vs mate

brace and mate both are nouns.

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

brace (noun)	mate (noun)
a structural member used to stiffen a framework	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring	an exact duplicate
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities	South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
a support that steadies or strengthens something else	a person's partner in marriage
elastic straps that hold trousers up	the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it	the officer below the master on a commercial ship
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material	informal term for a friend of the same sex
a set of two similar things considered as a unit	a fellow member of a team
two items of the same kind	South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
	one of a pair

brace (verb)	mate (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
support by bracing	engage in sexual intercourse
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace	bring two objects, ideas, or people together
prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult