stone vs capstone

capstone vs stone

stone and capstone both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but capstone is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but capstone is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
capstone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, capstone is a hyponym of stone; that is, capstone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stone:

stone: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
capstone: a stone that forms the top of wall or building

Other hyponyms of stone include ashlar, copestone, coping stone, stretcher, cornerstone, cornerstone, foundation stone, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, grindstone, hearthstone, millstone, monolith, paving stone, impost, springer, stela, stele, whetstone.

stone (noun)	capstone (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	a stone that forms the top of wall or building
a lack of feeling or expression or movement	a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

stone (adjective)	capstone (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone (verb)	capstone (verb)
remove the pits from
kill by throwing stones at

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