The difference between Capital and Minuscule
When used as nouns, capital means already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures), whereas minuscule means a lowercase letter.
When used as adjectives, capital means of prime importance, whereas minuscule means written in minuscules, lowercase.
check bellow for the other definitions of Capital and Minuscule
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Capital as a noun (uncountable, economics):
Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
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Capital as a noun (uncountable, business, finance, insurance):
Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
Examples:
"He does not have enough capital to start a business."
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Capital as a noun (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.
Examples:
"Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America."
"The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital."
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Capital as a noun (countable):
The most important city in the field specified.
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Capital as a noun (countable):
An uppercase letter.
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Capital as a noun (countable, architecture):
The uppermost part of a column.
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Capital as a noun (uncountable):
Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
Examples:
"Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession."
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Capital as a noun (countable, by extension):
The chief or most important thing.
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Capital as an adjective:
Of prime importance.
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Capital as an adjective:
Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
Examples:
"London and Paris are capital cities."
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Capital as an adjective (comparable, British, dated):
Excellent.
Examples:
"That is a capital idea!"
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Capital as an adjective:
Involving punishment by death.
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Capital as an adjective:
Uppercase.
Examples:
"ant lower-case"
"One begins a sentence with a capital letter."
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Capital as an adjective:
Of or relating to the head.
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Minuscule as a noun:
A lowercase letter.
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Minuscule as a noun:
Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
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Minuscule as a noun:
A letter in these styles.
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Minuscule as an adjective:
Written in minuscules, lowercase.
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Minuscule as an adjective:
Written in minuscule handwriting style.
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Minuscule as an adjective:
Very small, tiny.
Examples:
"a minuscule dot"