plate vs frill

plate and frill both are nouns.

plate is a verb but frill is not a verb.

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

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

plate: any flat platelike body structure or part
frill: (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

Other hyponyms of plate include operculum, comb, lamina.

plate (noun)	frill (noun)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten	a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)	ornamental objects of no great value
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic	an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
a shallow receptacle for collection in church	(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
(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)	frill (verb)
coat with a layer of metal

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