disk vs plate

disk and plate both are nouns.

disk and plate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disk	Yes	No	Yes	No
plate	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

disk: a flat circular plate
plate: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Other hypernyms of disk include circle, round.

disk (noun)	plate (noun)
a flat circular plate	dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored	a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate	a shallow receptacle for collection in church
	(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
	structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
	a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
	a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
	the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
	a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
	any flat platelike body structure or part
	a main course served on a plate
	the thin under portion of the forequarter
	a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
	the quantity contained in a plate

disk (verb)	plate (verb)
draw a harrow over (land)	coat with a layer of metal

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