capital vs upper-case letter

upper-case letter vs capital

capital and upper-case letter both are nouns.

capital is an adjective but upper-case letter is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
capital	Yes	Yes	No	No
upper-case letter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, capital and upper-case letter are synonyms defined as:

capital and upper-case letter: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

Other synonyms of capital include capital letter, majuscule, uppercase.

capital (noun)	upper-case letter (noun)
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature	one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
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)	upper-case letter (adjective)
of principal importance
first-rate
uppercase

Difference between capital and upper-case letter

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