The difference between Cap and Pill
When used as nouns, cap means a close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked, whereas pill means a small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
When used as verbs, cap means to cover or seal with a cap, whereas pill means of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cap and Pill
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Cap as a noun:
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
Examples:
"The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun."
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Cap as a noun:
A special hat to indicate rank, occupation etc.
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Cap as a noun:
An academic mortarboard
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Cap as a noun:
A protective cover or seal
Examples:
"He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne."
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Cap as a noun:
A crown for covering a tooth
Examples:
"He had golden caps on his teeth."
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Cap as a noun:
The summit of a mountain etc.
Examples:
"There was snow on the cap of the mountain."
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Cap as a noun:
An artificial upper limit or ceiling
Examples:
"We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control."
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Cap as a noun:
The top part of a mushroom
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Cap as a noun:
A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
Examples:
"Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy. "
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Cap as a noun:
A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
Examples:
"He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely."
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Cap as a noun (slang):
A bullet used to shoot someone.
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Cap as a noun (soccer):
An international appearance
Examples:
"Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden."
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Cap as a noun (obsolete):
The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
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Cap as a noun (obsolete):
A respectful uncovering of the head.
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Cap as a noun (zoology):
The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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Cap as a noun (architecture):
The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
Examples:
"the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate"
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Cap as a noun:
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
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Cap as a noun (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.
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Cap as a noun (geometry):
A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
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Cap as a noun:
A large size of writing paper.
Examples:
"flat cap; foolscap; legal cap"
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To cover or seal with a cap
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To lie over or on top of something
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To surpass or outdo
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To set an upper limit on something
Examples:
"cap wages."
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To make something even more wonderful at the end.
Examples:
"That really capped my day."
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Cap as a verb (transitive, cricket):
To select a player to play for a specified side
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Cap as a verb (transitive, slang):
To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
Examples:
" If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass. "
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Cap as a verb (transitive, sports):
to select to play for the national team.
Examples:
"Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer."
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Cap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To uncover the head respectfully.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Cap as a verb:
To deprive of a cap.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Cap as a noun (finance):
Capitalization.
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Cap as a noun (informal):
An uppercase letter.
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Cap as a verb (transitive, informal):
To convert text to uppercase.
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Cap as a noun (electronics):
capacitor
Examples:
"Parasitic caps."
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Cap as a noun (colloquial):
A recording or screenshot.
Examples:
"Anyone have a cap of the games last night?"
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Cap as a verb (transitive):
To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
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Cap as a noun (obsolete):
A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.
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Pill as a noun:
A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
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Pill as a noun (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the"):
Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
Examples:
"Jane went on the pill when she left for college."
"She got pregnant one month after going off the pill."
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Pill as a noun (slang):
A comical or entertaining person.
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Pill as a noun (slang):
A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
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Pill as a noun (informal):
A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
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Pill as a noun (archaic, baseball, _, slang):
A baseball.
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Pill as a noun (firearms, slang):
A bullet (projectile).
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Pill as a noun (GUI):
A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
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Pill as a verb (intransitive, textiles):
Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
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Pill as a verb:
To form into the shape of a pill.
Examples:
"Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists."
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Pill as a verb:
To medicate with pills.
Examples:
"She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines."
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Pill as a verb (obsolete):
To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
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Pill as a verb:
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
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Pill as a verb:
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
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Pill as a verb (obsolete):
To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Pill as a noun (obsolete):
The peel or skin.
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Pill as a noun (now, _, UK, _, regional):
An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.