capacity vs capability

capability vs capacity

capacity and capability both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
capacity	Yes	No	No	No
capability	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, capability is a hypernym of capacity; that is, capability is a word with a broader meaning than capacity:

capacity: capability to perform or produce
capability: the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

Other hypernyms of capacity include capableness.

As nouns, capacity and capability are synonyms defined as:

capacity and capability: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

capacity (noun)	capability (noun)
the maximum production possible	the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
a specified function	an aptitude that may be developed
capability to perform or produce	the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
tolerance for alcohol
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
the amount that can be contained
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

Difference between capacity and capability

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