shoe vs scale

shoe and scale both are nouns.

shoe and scale both are verbs.

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

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

shoe: U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
scale: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Other hypernyms of shoe include plate, shell.

shoe (noun)	scale (noun)
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material	a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof	an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation	a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time	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

shoe (verb)	scale (verb)
furnish with shoes	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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