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mate vs bed

bed vs mate

mate and bed both are nouns.

mate and bed both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mate Yes No Yes No
bed Yes No Yes No
As verbs, bed is a hyponym of mate; that is, bed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mate:
  • mate: engage in sexual intercourse
  • bed: have sexual intercourse with
mate (noun) bed (noun)
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
an exact duplicate a plot of ground in which plants are growing
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
a person's partner in marriage the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
the officer below the master on a commercial ship a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
informal term for a friend of the same sex a depression forming the ground under a body of water
a fellow member of a team (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
one of a pair
mate (verb) bed (verb)
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game prepare for sleep
engage in sexual intercourse have sexual intercourse with
bring two objects, ideas, or people together put to bed
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
furnish with a bed
Difference between mate and bed

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