receptacle vs plate

plate vs receptacle

receptacle and plate both are nouns.

receptacle is not a verb while plate is a verb.

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

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

receptacle: a container that is used to put or keep things in
plate: a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Other hyponyms of receptacle include ash-pan, ashtray, beehive, hive, case, compositor's case, typesetter's case, cat box, catchall, chamberpot, potty, thunder mug, coin box, dustpan, garbage, hopper, hot-water bag, hot-water bottle, in-basket, in-tray, ossuary, out-basket, out-tray, collection plate, pix, pyx, save-all, silent butler, socket, cuspidor, spittoon, tidy, tray, trough, seed tray.

receptacle (noun)	plate (noun)
a container that is used to put or keep things in	dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts	a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
	a shallow receptacle for collection in church
	(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

receptacle (verb)	plate (verb)
	coat with a layer of metal

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