small cap vs capital

capital vs small cap

small cap and capital both are nouns.

small cap is not an adjective while capital is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
small cap	Yes	No	No	No
capital	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, capital is a hypernym of small cap; that is, capital is a word with a broader meaning than small cap:

small cap: a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
capital: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

Other hypernyms of small cap include capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase.

small cap (noun)	capital (noun)
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters	the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
a corporation with a small capitalization	one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
	a seat of government
	a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
	wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
	assets available for use in the production of further assets

small cap (adjective)	capital (adjective)
	of principal importance
	first-rate
	uppercase

Difference between small cap and capital

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