Sheet vs Plate - What's the difference?

In figuratively terms the difference between sheet and plate

is that sheet is precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall while plate is an agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities.

In geology terms the difference between sheet and plate

is that sheet is an extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata while plate is a tectonic plate.

As nouns the difference between sheet and plate

is that sheet is a thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper while plate is a flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

As verbs the difference between sheet and plate

is that sheet is to cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material while 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 an adjective platé is

semé (strewn) with plates.

sheet

English

(wikipedia sheet)

Noun

(en noun)

A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

* Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.

* Bible, Acts x. 10, 11

He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners.

* Shakespeare

If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me / In one of those same sheets .

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.

* A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.

* Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.

A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

* Place the rolls on the cookie sheet , edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.

A thin, flat layer of solid material.

* The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.

* A sheet''' of that new silicon stuff is as good as a '''sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.

* Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet''', then more rain froze into a '''sheet of ice on top of the mud!

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

* To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.

(nautical, nonstandard) A sail.

(Dryden)

(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.

(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

fore sheets'''; stern '''sheets

Synonyms

* (piece of paper) page * (line) rope * (expanse of material) layer, coat, coating, blanket

Derived terms

* balance sheet * bedsheet * bleed-sheet * broadsheet * cap sheet * clean sheet * contour sheet * dope sheet * fitted sheet * scandal sheet * scratch sheet * sheet music * stylesheet * tearsheet * three sheets to the wind * tip sheet * top sheet * under the sheets * white as a sheet * worksheet * yellow sheet

Verb

(en verb)

To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.

* Shakespeare

Yea, like a stag, when snow the pasture sheets , / The barks of trees thou browsed'st.

Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.

We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

References

Anagrams

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plate

English

(wikipedia plate)

Etymology 1

(etyl) plate < .

Noun

(en noun)

A flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

(uncountable) Such dishes collectively.

The contents of such a dish.

I ate a plate of beans.

A course at a meal.

The meat plate was particularly tasty.

(figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate .

A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.

A clutch usually has two plates .

A vehicle license plate.

He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.

A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull .

A material covered with such a layer.

If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate .

(dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.

The tea was served in the plate .

(weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

We finished making the plates this morning.

(printing, photography) An image or copy.

(printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.

(dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

(construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.

(Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".

Sit down and give your plates a rest.

(baseball) Home plate.

There was a close play at the plate .

(geology) A tectonic plate.

(historical) Plate armour.

He was confronted by two knights in full plate .

* Milton

mangled through plate and mail

(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

(engineering, electricity) An electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

(engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.

Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.

(obsolete) A coin, usually a silver coin.

* Shakespeare

Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket.

(heraldiccharge) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

A prize given to the winner in a contest.

(chemistry) Any flat piece of material like coated glass or plastic.

Derived terms

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Verb

(plat)

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

This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.

To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.

After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.

To perform cunnilingus.

He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.

(baseball) To score a run.

The single plated the runner from second base.

(aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.

Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.

Derived terms

* electroplate

Etymology 2

(etyl), partly from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)

Precious metal, especially silver.

* 1864 , Andrew Forrester, The Female Detective :

At every meal—and I have heard the meals at Petleighcote were neither abundant nor succulent—enough plate stood upon the table to pay for the feeding of the poor of the whole county for a month

At the northern extremity of this chill province the gold plate of the Groans, pranked across the shining black of the long table, smoulders as though it contains fire

Anagrams

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