capital vs principal sum

principal sum vs capital

capital and principal sum both are nouns.

capital is an adjective but principal sum is not an adjective.

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

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

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

capital (noun)	principal sum (noun)
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
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)	principal sum (adjective)
of principal importance
first-rate
uppercase

Difference between capital and principal sum

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