pate vs tonsure

pate and tonsure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pate	Yes	No	No	No
tonsure	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pate (noun)	tonsure (noun)
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned	shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
the top of the head	the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head

pate (verb)	tonsure (verb)
	shave the head of a newly inducted monk