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uppercase vs capital letter

capital letter vs uppercase

uppercase and capital letter both are nouns.

uppercase is an adjective but capital letter is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
uppercase Yes Yes No No
capital letter Yes No No No
As nouns, uppercase and capital letter are synonyms defined as:
  • uppercase and capital letter: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Other synonyms of uppercase include capital, majuscule, upper-case letter.
uppercase (noun) capital letter (noun)
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
uppercase (adjective) capital letter (adjective)
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Difference between uppercase and capital letter

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