Plate and Shield

Plate

Plate noun - A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners).

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Synonyms for Plate

Shield and plate are semantically related in panel topic. In some cases you can use "Shield" instead the word "Plate" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like pad.

Nearby Words: plat, plateful, plated, platter, plating

Shield

Shield noun - Means or method of defending.

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Synonyms for Shield

Antonyms for Shield

Plate and shield are semantically related in panel topic. Sometimes you can use "Plate" instead a noun "Shield", if it concerns topics such as pad.

Nearby Words: shielded, shielding

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

old	old plate	old shield
thick	thick plate	thick shield
full	full plate	full shield
special	special plate	special shield
Other adjectives: similar, normal, regular, original, single, simple, small, actual, entire, real, massive, large, big, huge, black, transparent, new, gigantic, spiked, giant.

Both words in one sentence

The reason Cap switched out his triangular shield for the now iconic circular disk is because Archie Comics actually complained about it looking too similar to the Shield's chest plate.

Source: Alternate Company Equivalent
Early in the second season, Lelouch gets a Crowning Moment of Awesome when he accepts Guilford's challenge to a duel, naming a riot shield as his weapon, then causes the plate they're standing on to collapse and surfs the shield down it to safety.

Source: Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
Once plate armor became common, most forms of large shield were on the outs, since they were now redundant in protecting the legs.

Source: Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me

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