dry plate vs dry plate process

dry plate and dry plate process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dry plate	Yes	No	No	No
dry plate process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dry plate and dry plate process are synonyms defined as:

dry plate and dry plate process: a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion

dry plate (noun)	dry plate process (noun)
a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion	a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion