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majuscule vs small cap

small cap vs majuscule

majuscule and small cap both are nouns.

majuscule is an adjective but small cap is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
majuscule Yes Yes No No
small cap Yes No No No
As nouns, small cap is a hyponym of majuscule; that is, small cap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than majuscule:
  • majuscule: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
  • small cap: a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
Other hyponyms of majuscule include small capital.
majuscule (noun) small cap (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
a corporation with a small capitalization
majuscule (adjective) small cap (adjective)
of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
uppercase
Difference between majuscule and small cap

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