capital vs small capital

small capital vs capital

capital and small capital both are nouns.

capital is an adjective but small capital is not an adjective.

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

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

capital: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
small capital: a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters

Other hyponyms of capital include small cap.

capital (noun)	small capital (noun)
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
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)	small capital (adjective)
of principal importance
first-rate
uppercase

Difference between capital and small capital

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