scale vs shield

shield vs scale

scale and shield both are nouns.

scale and shield both are verbs.

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

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

scale: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
shield: a protective covering or structure

scale (noun)	shield (noun)
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals	hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks	armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass	a protective covering or structure
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)	shield (verb)
measure with or as if with scales	protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
size or measure according to a scale	hold back a thought or feeling about
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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