lid vs dunce's cap

dunce's cap vs lid

lid and dunce's cap both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lid	Yes	No	No	No
dunce's cap	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dunce's cap is a hyponym of lid; that is, dunce's cap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lid:

lid: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
dunce's cap: a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils

Other hyponyms of lid include bearskin, busby, shako, boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat, bonnet, poke bonnet, bowler, bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, campaign hat, cavalier hat, slouch hat, cocked hat, cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat, deerstalker, beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, dunce cap, fool's cap, fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby, fur hat, millinery, woman's hat, shovel hat, snap-brim hat, sombrero, sou'wester, sun hat, sunhat, titfer, toque, tirolean, tyrolean, bolero hat.

lid (noun)	dunce's cap (noun)
a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.	a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

Difference between lid and dunce's cap

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