plate vs comb

plate and comb both are nouns.

plate and comb both are verbs.

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

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

plate: any flat platelike body structure or part
comb: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

Other hyponyms of plate include operculum, frill, lamina.

plate (noun)	comb (noun)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten	the act of drawing a comb through hair
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)	ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic	the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
a shallow receptacle for collection in church	a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score	any of several tools for straightening fibers
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)	comb (verb)
coat with a layer of metal	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
	search thoroughly
	straighten with a comb

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