scale vs climb

scale and climb both are nouns.

scale and climb both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scale	Yes	No	Yes	No
climb	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, climb is a hypernym of scale; that is, climb is a word with a broader meaning than scale:

scale: climb up by means of a ladder
climb: go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Other hypernyms of scale include climb up, go up, mount.

scale (noun)	climb (noun)
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals	the act of climbing something
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks	an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass	an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
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

scale (verb)	climb (verb)
measure with or as if with scales	go up or advance
size or measure according to a scale	increase in value or to a higher point
remove the scales from	improve one's social status
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard	go upward with gradual or continuous progress
climb up by means of a ladder	move with effort, by grasping
reach the highest point of	slope upward
take by attacking with scaling ladders
measure by or as if by a scale

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