tonsure vs pate

tonsure and pate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tonsure	Yes	No	Yes	No
pate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pate is a hypernym of tonsure; that is, pate is a word with a broader meaning than tonsure:

Other hypernyms of tonsure include crown, poll.

tonsure (noun)	pate (noun)
shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order	liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head	the top of the head

tonsure (verb)	pate (verb)
shave the head of a newly inducted monk