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letter vs block letter

block letter vs letter

letter and block letter both are nouns.

letter is a verb but block letter is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
block letter Yes No No No
As nouns, block letter is a hyponym of letter; that is, block letter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • block letter: a plain hand-drawn letter
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, descender, digram, digraph, initial, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphone, polyphonic letter, block capital, vowel, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) block letter (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization a plain hand-drawn letter
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
an award earned by participation in a school sport
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (verb) block letter (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and block letter

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