The difference between Cap and Top

When used as nouns, cap means a close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked, whereas top means (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.

When used as verbs, cap means to cover or seal with a cap, whereas top means to cover on the top or with a top.

Top is also adverb with the meaning: rated first.

Top is also adjective with the meaning: situated on the top of something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cap and Top

  1. 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."

  2. Cap as a noun:

    A special hat to indicate rank, occupation etc.

  3. Cap as a noun:

    An academic mortarboard

  4. Cap as a noun:

    A protective cover or seal

    Examples:

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

  5. Cap as a noun:

    A crown for covering a tooth

    Examples:

    "He had golden caps on his teeth."

  6. Cap as a noun:

    The summit of a mountain etc.

    Examples:

    "There was snow on the cap of the mountain."

  7. Cap as a noun:

    An artificial upper limit or ceiling

    Examples:

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

  8. Cap as a noun:

    The top part of a mushroom

  9. 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. "

  10. 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."

  11. Cap as a noun (slang):

    A bullet used to shoot someone.

  12. Cap as a noun (soccer):

    An international appearance

    Examples:

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

  13. Cap as a noun (obsolete):

    The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

  14. Cap as a noun (obsolete):

    A respectful uncovering of the head.

  15. 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.

  16. 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"

  17. Cap as a noun:

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

  18. 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.

  19. Cap as a noun (geometry):

    A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

  20. Cap as a noun:

    A large size of writing paper.

    Examples:

    "flat cap; foolscap; legal cap"

  1. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To cover or seal with a cap

  2. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.

  3. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To lie over or on top of something

  4. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To surpass or outdo

  5. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To set an upper limit on something

    Examples:

    "cap wages."

  6. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To make something even more wonderful at the end.

    Examples:

    "That really capped my day."

  7. Cap as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To select a player to play for a specified side

  8. 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. "

  9. Cap as a verb (transitive, sports):

    to select to play for the national team.

    Examples:

    "Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer."

  10. Cap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To uncover the head respectfully.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  11. Cap as a verb:

    To deprive of a cap.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  1. Cap as a noun (finance):

    Capitalization.

  1. Cap as a noun (informal):

    An uppercase letter.

  1. Cap as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To convert text to uppercase.

  1. Cap as a noun (electronics):

    capacitor

    Examples:

    "Parasitic caps."

  1. Cap as a noun (colloquial):

    A recording or screenshot.

    Examples:

    "Anyone have a cap of the games last night?"

  1. Cap as a verb (transitive):

    To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

  1. Cap as a noun (obsolete):

    A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.

  1. Top as a noun (nautical):

    The highest or uppermost part of something. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. A lid, cap or cover of a container. A garment worn to cover the torso. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

    Examples:

    "His kite got caught at the top of the tree."

    "We flipped the machine onto its top."

    "Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.  nowrap Headings appear at the tops of pages."

    "Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad."

    "I bought this top as it matches my jeans."

  2. Top as a noun:

    A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.

    Examples:

    "The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."

  3. Top as a noun:

    Someone who is eminent. The chief person; the most prominent one. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.

    Examples:

    "to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school"

  4. Top as a noun (BDSM):

    A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

  5. Top as a noun (LGBT, slang):

    A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom."

  6. Top as a noun (physics):

    A top quark.

  7. Top as a noun:

    The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

  8. Top as a noun (ropemaking):

    A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

  9. Top as a noun (sound):

    Highest pitch or loudest volume.

    Examples:

    "She sang at the top of her voice."

  10. Top as a noun (wool manufacture):

    A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

  11. Top as a noun (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase ''[[on top of]]''):

    Eve; verge; point.

  12. Top as a noun:

    The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  13. Top as a noun (in the plural, slang, dated):

    Topboots.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  14. Top as a noun (golf):

    A stroke on the top of the ball.

  15. Top as a noun (golf):

    A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

  16. Top as a noun (in restaurants, preceded by a number):

    (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

  1. Top as a verb:

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    Examples:

    "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."

  2. Top as a verb:

    To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

    Examples:

    "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."

    "Top and tail the carrots."

  3. Top as a verb:

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

    Examples:

    "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."

  4. Top as a verb:

    To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

    Examples:

    "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

  5. Top as a verb (British, slang):

    To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.

    Examples:

    "Depression causes many people to top themselves."

  6. Top as a verb (BDSM):

    To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

    Examples:

    "I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping."

    "Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom"."

  7. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, intransitive):

    To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

  8. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, transitive):

    To anally penetrate.

  9. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

    Examples:

    "lofty ridges and topping mountains"

    "rfquotek Derham"

  10. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To predominate.

    Examples:

    "topping passions"

  11. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To excel; to rise above others.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  12. Top as a verb (nautical):

    To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

  13. Top as a verb (dyeing):

    To cover with another dye.

    Examples:

    "to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening"

  14. Top as a verb:

    To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

  15. Top as a verb (slang, dated):

    To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

  16. Top as a verb (of a horse):

    To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

  17. Top as a verb:

    To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

  18. Top as a verb:

    To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

  19. Top as a verb (golf):

    To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

  1. Top as an adjective:

    Situated on the top of something.

  2. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Best; of the highest quality or rank.

    Examples:

    "She's in the top dance school."

  3. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

    Examples:

    "He's a top lawyer."

    "That is a top car."

  1. Top as an adverb:

    Rated first.

    Examples:

    "She came top in her French exam."

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