skate vs figure skate

skate and figure skate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skate	Yes	No	Yes	No
figure skate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, figure skate is a hyponym of skate; that is, figure skate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than skate:

Other hyponyms of skate include ice skate, roller skate, skateboard, Rollerblade.

skate (noun)	figure skate (noun)
large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins	an ice skate worn for figure skating; has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade
sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

skate (verb)	figure skate (verb)
move along on skates	dance on skates