plate vs baffle

baffle vs plate

plate and baffle both are nouns.

plate and baffle both are verbs.

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

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

plate: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
baffle: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

Other hyponyms of plate include baffle board, cylinder head, damper, disc, disk, engraving, escutcheon, fin keel, fishplate, grid, storage-battery grid, gusset, gusset plate, lamella, license plate, numberplate, L-plate, nameplate, plate iron, platen, plessimeter, pleximeter, tap.

plate (noun)	baffle (noun)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten	a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
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

plate (verb)	baffle (verb)
coat with a layer of metal	restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
	be a mystery or bewildering to
	hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

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