Cap vs. Hat

Capnoun

A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

Capnoun

A special hat to indicate rank, occupation etc.

Capnoun

An academic mortarboard

Capnoun

A protective cover or seal

Capnoun

A crown for covering a tooth

Capnoun

The summit of a mountain etc.

Capnoun

An artificial upper limit or ceiling

Capnoun

The top part of a mushroom

Capnoun

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

Capnoun

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

Capnoun

(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.

Capnoun

(soccer) An international appearance

Capnoun

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

Capnoun

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

Capnoun

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

Capnoun

(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.

Capnoun

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

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.

Capnoun

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

Capnoun

A large size of writing paper.

Capnoun

(finance) Capitalization.

Capnoun

(informal) An uppercase letter.

Capnoun

(electronics) capacitor

Capnoun

(colloquial) A recording or screenshot.

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

Capverb

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

Capverb

To select a player to play for a specified side

Capverb

To shoot (someone) with a firearm.

Capverb

to select to play for the national team.

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 covering for the head

Capnoun

The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

Capnoun

A respectful uncovering of the head.

Capnoun

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

Capnoun

Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use

Capnoun

A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.

Capverb

To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.

Capverb

To deprive of cap.

Capverb

To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

Capverb

To salute by removing the cap.

Capverb

To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.

Capverb

To uncover the head respectfully.

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;

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;

Capverb

restrict the number or amount of;

Capnoun

a kind of soft, flat hat without a brim and typically with a peak

Capnoun

a kind of soft, close-fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose

Capnoun

a cap awarded as a sign of membership of a particular sports team, especially a national team

Capnoun

a player to whom a cap is awarded

Capnoun

an academic mortar board

Capnoun

the top of a bird's head when distinctively coloured.

Capnoun

a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens

Capnoun

an artificial protective covering for a tooth.

Capnoun

an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing

Capnoun

a contraceptive diaphragm.

Capnoun

the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores.

Capnoun

short for percussion cap

Capnoun

short for capitalization

Capverb

put a lid or cover on

Capverb

form a covering layer or topmost part of

Capverb

put an artificial protective covering on (a tooth)

Capverb

provide a fitting climax or conclusion to

Capverb

follow or reply to (a story, remark, or joke) by producing a better one

Capverb

place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing)

Capverb

be chosen as a member of a particular sports team, especially a national one

Capverb

confer a university degree on.

Cap

A cap is a kind of soft and flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head.

Hatnoun

A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

Hatnoun

(figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.

Hatnoun

(figuratively) Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.

Hatnoun

The lottery or draw itself.

Hatnoun

(video games) A hat switch.

Hatnoun

The háček symbol.

Hatnoun

The caret symbol ^.

Hatnoun

(internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.

Hatverb

(transitive) To place a hat on.

Hatverb

(transitive) To appoint as cardinal.

Hatadjective

Hot.

Hat

sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf.

Hatnoun

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

Hatnoun

headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Hatnoun

an informal term for a person's role;

Hatverb

put on or wear a hat;

Hatverb

furnish with a hat

Hat

A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.In the past, hats were an indicator of social status. In the military, hats may denote nationality, branch of service, rank or regiment.