Head
Head noun - The upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth.
Usage example: I hit my head as I went through the low doorway
Pate is a synonym for head in body topic. In some cases you can use "Pate" instead a noun "Head", when it comes to topics like skull, top part of an animate body. archaic substitute
Pate
Pate noun - The upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth.
Usage example: plopped a cap on his bald pate
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In Margin for Error, Consul Karl Baumer's glistening bald pate makes Moe's line "I get sacked off the force, if a hair of your head gets touched" a bit ironic.
Source: Bald of Evil -
The elderly woman in the stretching gallery, now retconned to be Constance, used to be known as "Abigale Patecleaver", referencing the gruesome tombstone showing George's head being split open (or, his pate being cleaved) by an axe.
Source: Franchise / The Haunted Mansion
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