plate armour vs scale

scale vs plate armour

plate armour and scale both are nouns.

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

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

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

plate armour: 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 armour include plate, shell.

plate armour (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a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.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 armour (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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