capital vs principal

principal vs capital

capital and principal both are nouns.

capital and principal both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, principal is a hyponym of capital; that is, principal 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
principal: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

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

capital (noun)	principal (noun)
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	the educator who has executive authority for a school
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis	an actor who plays a principal role
a seat of government	the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product	(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value	the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
assets available for use in the production of further assets	capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

capital (adjective)	principal (adjective)
of principal importance	most important element
first-rate
uppercase

Difference between capital and principal

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