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small capital vs uppercase

uppercase vs small capital

small capital and uppercase both are nouns.

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

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

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