flake vs scale

flake and scale both are nouns.

flake and scale both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flake	Yes	No	Yes	No
scale	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

flake: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
scale: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

Other hyponyms of flake include matchwood, exfoliation, scurf, scurf, sliver, splinter.

flake (noun)	scale (noun)
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole	a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
a person with an unusual or odd personality	an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
a crystal of snow	a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
	(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
	a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
	a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
	relative magnitude
	the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
	an ordered reference standard

flake (verb)	scale (verb)
come off in flakes or thin small pieces	measure with or as if with scales
cover with flakes or as if with flakes	size or measure according to a scale
form into flakes	remove the scales from
	pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
	climb up by means of a ladder
	reach the highest point of
	take by attacking with scaling ladders
	measure by or as if by a scale

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