upper-case letter vs capital

capital vs upper-case letter

upper-case letter and capital both are nouns.

upper-case letter is not an adjective while capital is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
upper-case letter	Yes	No	No	No
capital	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, upper-case letter and capital are synonyms defined as:

upper-case letter and capital: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

Other synonyms of upper-case letter include capital letter, majuscule, uppercase.

upper-case letter (noun)	capital (noun)
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis	the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
	one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
	a seat of government
	a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
	wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
	assets available for use in the production of further assets

upper-case letter (adjective)	capital (adjective)
	of principal importance
	first-rate
	uppercase

Difference between upper-case letter and capital

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