Caput vs. Kaput — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Caput and Kaput
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Caput
Caput, a Latin word meaning literally "head" and by metonymy "top", has been borrowed in a variety of English words, including capital, captain, and decapitate. The surname Caputo, common in the Campania region of Italy, comes from the appellation used by some Roman military generals.
Kaput
Kaput (Persian: كاپوت, also Romanized as Kāpūt) is a village in Sokmanabad Rural District, Safayyeh District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 758, in 127 families.
Caput
(anatomy) The head.
Kaput
Incapacitated or destroyed.
Caput
(anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
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Kaput
(informal) Out of order; not working.
My car went kaput.
His career is kaput.
Her marriage went kaput.
Caput
The top or superior part of a thing.
Kaput
Destroyed or killed;
We are gone geese
Caput
(UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Caput
Ellipsis of caput succedaneum.
Caput
The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
Caput
The top or superior part of a thing.
Caput
The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Your caputs and heads of colleges.
Caput
A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure;
The caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula
Caput
The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains;
He stuck his head out the window
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