capital vs means

means vs capital

capital and means both are nouns.

capital is an adjective but means is not an adjective.

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

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

capital: wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
means: considerable capital (wealth or income)

Other hyponyms of capital include endowment, endowment fund, substance, corpus, principal, principal sum.

capital (noun)	means (noun)
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis	an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
a seat of government	considerable capital (wealth or income)
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)	means (adjective)
of principal importance
first-rate
uppercase

Difference between capital and means

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