dish vs bowl

dish and bowl both are nouns.

dish and bowl both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dish	Yes	No	Yes	No
bowl	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

dish: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
bowl: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

Other hyponyms of dish include butter dish, casserole, coquille, boat, gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, Petri dish, ramekin, ramequin, serving dish, sugar bowl, watch glass.

dish (noun)	bowl (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior	the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food	a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation	a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids
a particular item of prepared food	a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
a very attractive or seductive looking woman	a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
the quantity that a dish will hold	a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
	a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
	the quantity contained in a bowl
	a concave shape with an open top

dish (verb)	bowl (verb)
make concave; shape like a dish	engage in the sport of bowling
provide (usually but not necessarily food)	hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
	roll (a ball)

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