plate vs tin

plate and tin both are nouns.

plate and tin both are verbs.

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

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

plate: coat with a layer of metal
tin: prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface

Other hyponyms of plate include silver, nickel, electroplate, chrome, chromium-plate, gold-plate, gold plate, goldplate, silver-plate, silverplate.

plate (noun)	tin (noun)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten	airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)	metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic	a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking
a shallow receptacle for collection in church	a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
(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)	tin (verb)
coat with a layer of metal	preserve in a can or tin
	prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface
	plate with tin

Difference between plate and tin

Words related to "plate"

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