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capital letter vs small capital

small capital vs capital letter

capital letter and small capital both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
capital letter Yes No No No
small capital Yes No No No
As nouns, small capital is a hyponym of capital letter; that is, small capital is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than capital letter:
  • capital letter: 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 letter include small cap.
capital letter (noun) small capital (noun)
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
Difference between capital letter and small capital

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