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capital letter vs uppercase

uppercase vs capital letter

capital letter and uppercase both are nouns.

capital letter is not an adjective while uppercase is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
capital letter Yes No No No
uppercase Yes Yes No No
As nouns, capital letter and uppercase are synonyms defined as:
  • capital letter and uppercase: 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 letter include capital, majuscule, upper-case letter.
capital letter (noun) uppercase (noun)
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
capital letter (adjective) uppercase (adjective)
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Difference between capital letter and uppercase

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