capital vs active capital

active capital vs capital

capital and active capital both are nouns.

capital is an adjective but active capital is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
capital	Yes	Yes	No	No
active capital	Yes	No	No	No

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

capital: assets available for use in the production of further assets
active capital: money, or property that may readily be converted into money.

Other hyponyms of capital include stock, risk capital, venture capital, operating capital, seed money, borrowed capital.

capital (noun)	active capital (noun)
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	money, or property that may readily be converted into money.
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
a seat of government
a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
assets available for use in the production of further assets

capital (adjective)	active capital (adjective)
of principal importance
first-rate
uppercase

Difference between capital and active capital

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