blate

As a noun blade

is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As an adjective blate is

(scotland|northern england) bashful, sheepish.

As adjectives the difference between plate and blate

is that plate is semé (strewn) with plates while blate is bashful, sheepish.

As a noun plate

is a flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

As a verb plate

is to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

As a proper noun Plate

is the River Plate.

As adjectives the difference between slate and blate

is that slate is having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate while blate is bashful, sheepish.

As a noun slate

is a fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

As a verb slate

is to cover with slate.