Figure
Figure noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the layout editor could have done a better job of getting the figures on the same page as the specific portion of text that they are intended to illustrate
Plate and figure are semantically related. in diagram topic. In some cases you can use "Plate" instead a noun "Figure".
Plate
Plate noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body
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The book Blue Avenger and the Theory of Everything included this as a plot point: the main character has to figure out how to get the word "suck" past the license plate censor.
Source: Vanity License Plate - They would get so engrossed in trying to figure out what the plate meant, that they wouldn't notice the suspect stopping...
Source: Vanity License Plate - Instead of being a big boobed blonde with figure accenting armor, instead she wears plate mail, short brunette hair, and a plain but tanned face with a flat nose.
Source: Roleplay / Fate Hollow Order
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Plate and Figure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/plate
Figure & Plate. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/plate>.
Plate or Figure. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/plate.
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