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small cap vs uppercase

uppercase vs small cap

small cap and uppercase both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
small cap Yes No No No
uppercase Yes Yes No No
As nouns, uppercase is a hypernym of small cap; that is, uppercase 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
  • uppercase: 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, majuscule, upper-case letter.
small cap (noun) uppercase (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) uppercase (adjective)
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Difference between small cap and uppercase

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