cap vs mortarboard

mortarboard vs cap

cap and mortarboard both are nouns.

cap is a verb but mortarboard is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cap	Yes	No	Yes	No
mortarboard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mortarboard is a hyponym of cap; that is, mortarboard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cap:

cap: a tight-fitting headdress
mortarboard: an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top

Other hyponyms of cap include balaclava, balaclava helmet, Balmoral, bluebonnet, baseball cap, golf cap, jockey cap, bathing cap, swimming cap, beret, biggin, berretta, biretta, birretta, calpac, calpack, kalpac, cloth cap, flat cap, cockscomb, coxcomb, coonskin, coonskin cap, fez, tarboosh, garrison cap, overseas cap, Glengarry, kalansuwa, kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap, liberty cap, mobcap, nightcap, pinner, sailor cap, shower cap, ski cap, stocking cap, toboggan cap, skullcap, tam-o'-shanter, tam, tammy, watch cap, wishing cap.

cap (noun)	mortarboard (noun)
a tight-fitting headdress	an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
a top (as for a bottle)
something serving as a cover or protection
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
an upper limit on what is allowed
a protective covering that is part of a plant
a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

cap (verb)	mortarboard (verb)
restrict the number or amount of
lie at the top of

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