What is the difference between Plait and Plate?




What is the difference between Plait and Plate? :


Plait : (verb)

( 1 ) Weave or twist (three or more lengths of hair, straw, etc…) under and over one another to make one rope-like length

She was painting her hair.



Plaint : (noun)

( 1 ) Form made by painting

She is always proud of her beautiful plaint.



Plate : (noun)

( 1 ) Dish made of earth ware china from which food is served or eaten

Where is the dinner plate?


( 2 ) Contents of a plate

Give me a plate of vegetable soup.


( 3 ) Thin flat sheet of metal, glass, etc…

Those are steel plates.



Plate : (verb)

( 1 ) Cover another metal with a thin layer especially of gold or silver

This is a copper tray plated with silver.

These are gold-plated dishes.











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