wrap vs capsule

capsule vs wrap

wrap and capsule both are nouns.

wrap and capsule both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wrap	Yes	No	Yes	No
capsule	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, capsule is a hyponym of wrap; that is, capsule is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrap:

wrap: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
capsule: enclose in a capsule

Other hyponyms of wrap include benight, tube, capsulate, capsulise, capsulize, engulf, sheathe, cocoon, bathe, cover, enshroud, hide, shroud.

wrap (noun)	capsule (noun)
cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person	a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped	a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla	a small container
	a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
	a structure that encloses a body part
	a shortened version of a written work
	a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

wrap (verb)	capsule (verb)
arrange or fold as a cover or protection	put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering	enclose in a capsule
arrange or coil around
crash into so as to coil around

Difference between wrap and capsule

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