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small capital vs upper-case letter

upper-case letter vs small capital

small capital and upper-case letter both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
small capital Yes No No No
upper-case letter Yes No No No
As nouns, upper-case letter is a hypernym of small capital; that is, upper-case letter is a word with a broader meaning than small capital:
  • small capital: a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
  • upper-case letter: 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 capital include capital, capital letter, majuscule, uppercase.
small capital (noun) upper-case letter (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
Difference between small capital and upper-case letter

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