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plate vs grid

grid vs plate

plate and grid both are nouns.

plate is a verb but grid is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plate Yes No Yes No
grid Yes No No No
As nouns, grid is a hyponym of plate; that is, grid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plate:
  • plate: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
  • grid: a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
Other hyponyms of plate include baffle, baffle board, cylinder head, damper, disc, disk, engraving, escutcheon, fin keel, fishplate, storage-battery grid, gusset, gusset plate, lamella, license plate, numberplate, L-plate, nameplate, plate iron, platen, plessimeter, pleximeter, tap.
plate (noun) grid (noun)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
a shallow receptacle for collection in church a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
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) grid (verb)
coat with a layer of metal
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