Dish and plate

Do you know the difference between DISH and PLATE?

A plate is a specific type of dish. A dish is generally something that food is eaten or served from. Aplate tends to refer specifically to a flat dish that is suitable for holding food that does not have a high liquid content. The other common type of dish is a bowl. A bowl will be similar to a hollow sphere cut in half and is useful for serving soups and other foods with high liquid content which would run off of a plate.