plate armor vs scale

scale vs plate armor

plate armor and scale both are nouns.

plate armor is not a verb while scale is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plate armor	Yes	No	No	No
scale	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, scale is a hypernym of plate armor; that is, scale is a word with a broader meaning than plate armor:

plate armor: specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
scale: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Other hypernyms of plate armor include plate, shell.

plate armor (noun)	scale (noun)
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire	a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.	an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
	a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
	(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
	a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
	a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
	relative magnitude
	the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
	an ordered reference standard

plate armor (verb)	scale (verb)
	measure with or as if with scales
	size or measure according to a scale
	remove the scales from
	pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
	climb up by means of a ladder
	reach the highest point of
	take by attacking with scaling ladders
	measure by or as if by a scale

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