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Uppercase vs. Capital — What's the Difference?

Uppercase vs. Capital — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Uppercase and Capital

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Uppercase

Of, printed, or formatted in capital letters
An uppercase A.
Uppercase titles.

Capital

The city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region
Warsaw is the capital of Poland

Uppercase

To put (type or text) in uppercase letters.

Capital

Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing
Rates of return on invested capital were high

Uppercase

To begin (a word) with an uppercase letter.
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Capital

A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names
He wrote the name in capitals

Uppercase

Written in upper case; capital

Capital

The distinct, typically broader section at the head of a pillar or column
The pillars have moulded capitals

Uppercase

Alternative spelling of upper case

Capital

(of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty
Murder is the only capital crime in the state

Uppercase

(transitive) To convert (text) to upper case.

Capital

(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.

Uppercase

Relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case;
Uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc

Capital

Excellent
He's a really capital fellow

Capital

Used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight
That's splendid! Capital!

Capital

A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.

Capital

A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry
The financial capital of the world.

Capital

Wealth, especially in the form of financial or physical assets, used in the production or accumulation of more wealth.

Capital

Accumulated assets or advantages used for economic or political gain
"The president lacks the political capital to override their objections" (The Economist).

Capital

The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.

Capital

Net worth.

Capital

Capital stock.

Capital

Capitalists considered as a group or class.

Capital

A capital letter.

Capital

The top part of a pillar or column, typically having an ornamental design.

Capital

First and foremost; principal
A decision of capital importance.

Capital

First-rate; excellent
A capital idea.

Capital

Relating to or being a seat of government.

Capital

Extremely serious
A capital blunder.

Capital

Involving death or calling for the death penalty
A capital offense.

Capital

Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business
Made capital improvements at the plant site.

Capital

Relating to or being a capital letter.

Capital

Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

Capital

Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
He does not have enough capital to start a business.

Capital

(countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.
The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.

Capital

(countable) The most important city in the field specified.

Capital

(countable) An uppercase letter.

Capital

The uppermost part of a column.

Capital

(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.

Capital

The chief or most important thing.

Capital

Of prime importance.

Capital

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
London and Paris are capital cities.

Capital

Excellent.
That is a capital idea!

Capital

(crime) Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.

Capital

Uppercase.
One begins a sentence with a capital letter.

Capital

Used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness
You're a genius with a capital G!
He's dead with a capital D!

Capital

Of or relating to the head.

Capital

Of or pertaining to the head.
Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruiseExpect with mortal pain.

Capital

Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
Many crimes that are capital among us.
To put to death a capital offender.

Capital

First in importance; chief; principal.
A capital article in religion
Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity.

Capital

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

Capital

Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

Capital

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

Capital

The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

Capital

That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

Capital

Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture.

Capital

An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

Capital

A chapter, or section, of a book.
Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital.

Capital

Assets available for use in the production of further assets

Capital

Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

Capital

A seat of government

Capital

One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;
Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters

Capital

A book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

Capital

The upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Capital

First-rate;
A capital fellow
A capital idea

Capital

Punishable by death;
A capital offense

Capital

Of primary important;
Our capital concern was to avoid defeat

Capital

Uppercase;
Capital A
Great A
Many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script

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