Cap vs. Pill

Cap vs. Pill — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cap and Pill

Capnoun

A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.

Pillnoun

A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

Capnoun

A special hat to indicate rank, occupation etc.

Pillnoun

Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.

Jane went on the pill when she left for college.She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.

Capnoun

An academic mortarboard

Pillnoun

(slang) A comical or entertaining person.

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Capnoun

A protective cover or seal

He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.

Pillnoun

(slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.

Capnoun

A crown for covering a tooth

He had golden caps on his teeth.

Pillnoun

(informal) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.

Capnoun

The summit of a mountain etc.

There was snow on the cap of the mountain.

Pillnoun

A baseball.

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Capnoun

An artificial upper limit or ceiling

We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.

Pillnoun

A bullet (projectile).

Capnoun

The top part of a mushroom

Pillnoun

(GUI) A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.

Capnoun

A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun

Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.

Pillnoun

(obsolete) The peel or skin.

Capnoun

A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives

He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.

Pillnoun

An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

Capnoun

(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.

Pillverb

Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.

Capnoun

(soccer) An international appearance

Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.

Pillverb

To form into the shape of a pill.

Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.

Capnoun

(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

Pillverb

To medicate with pills.

She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.

Capnoun

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

Pillverb

(obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.

Capnoun

(zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

Pillverb

To peel; to make by removing the skin.

Capnoun

(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.

the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate

Pillverb

To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

Capnoun

Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

Pillverb

(obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

Capnoun

(nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.

Pillnoun

something that resembles a pill in shape or size

Capnoun

(geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

Pillnoun

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Capnoun

A large size of writing paper.

flat cap; foolscap; legal cap

Pillnoun

a unpleasant or tiresome person

Capnoun

(finance) Capitalization.

Pillnoun

something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured;

his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take

Capnoun

(informal) An uppercase letter.

Pillnoun

a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Capnoun

(electronics) capacitor

Parasitic caps.

Capnoun

(colloquial) A recording or screenshot.

Anyone have a cap of the games last night?

Capverb

(transitive) To cover or seal with a cap

Capverb

(transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.

Capverb

(transitive) To lie over or on top of something

Capverb

(transitive) To surpass or outdo

Capverb

(transitive) To set an upper limit on something

cap wages.

Capverb

(transitive) To make something even more wonderful at the end.

That really capped my day.

Capverb

To select a player to play for a specified side

Capverb

To shoot (someone) with a firearm.

If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.

Capverb

to select to play for the national team.

Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.

Capverb

To uncover the head respectfully.

Capverb

To deprive of a cap.

Capverb

To convert text to uppercase.

Capverb

(transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

Capnoun

a tight-fitting headdress

Capnoun

a top (as for a bottle)

Capnoun

a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

Capnoun

something serving as a cover or protection

Capnoun

a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

Capnoun

an upper limit on what is allowed;

they established a cap for prices

Capnoun

dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a tooth

Capnoun

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Capverb

lie at the top of;

Snow capped the mountains

Capverb

restrict the number or amount of;

We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club