Cap vs. Pill
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.
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.
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 platePillverb
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 capPillnoun
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 takeCapnoun
(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 pricesCapnoun
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 mountainsCapverb
restrict the number or amount of;
We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club
