plate armour vs cannon

cannon vs plate armour

plate armour and cannon both are nouns.

plate armour is not a verb while cannon is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plate armour	Yes	No	No	No
cannon	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

plate armour: specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
cannon: (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

Other hyponyms of plate armour include backplate, beaver, brassard, aegis, breastplate, egis, chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere, cubitiere, cuisse, epauliere, fauld, gorget, greave, jambeau, helmet, knee piece, nosepiece, palette, pallette, roundel, skirt of tasses, sabaton, solleret, tasse, tasset, tuille, visor, vizor.

plate armour (noun)	cannon (noun)
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire	a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
	a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
	heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
	(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
	heavy gun fired from a tank

plate armour (verb)	cannon (verb)
	fire a cannon
	make a cannon

Difference between plate armour and cannon

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