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small cap vs majuscule

majuscule vs small cap

small cap and majuscule both are nouns.

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

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

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