shield vs plate

plate vs shield

shield and plate both are nouns.

shield and plate both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of shield include nipple shield, scale, shell, shielding, shielding.

shield (noun)	plate (noun)
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles	dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
a protective covering or structure	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

shield (verb)	plate (verb)
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm	coat with a layer of metal
hold back a thought or feeling about

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