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container vs capsule

capsule vs container

container and capsule both are nouns.

container is not a verb while capsule is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
container Yes No No No
capsule Yes No Yes No
As nouns, capsule is a hyponym of container; that is, capsule is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than container:
  • container: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  • capsule: a small container
container (noun) capsule (noun)
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
a small container
a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
a structure that encloses a body part
a shortened version of a written work
a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
container (verb) capsule (verb)
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
enclose in a capsule
Difference between container and capsule

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