Caplet vs. Tablet

Capletnoun

A smooth-coated tablet pill, as in medicine shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

Capletnoun

(finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

Tabletnoun

A slab of clay used for inscription.

Tabletnoun

(religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.

Tabletnoun

A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.

Tabletnoun

A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.

Tabletnoun

(computing) A graphics tablet.

Tabletnoun

(computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.

Tabletnoun

(Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.

Tabletnoun

(rail) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

Tabletverb

(transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

Tabletnoun

A small table or flat surface.

Tabletnoun

A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.

Tabletnoun

Hence, a small picture; a miniature.

Tabletnoun

A kind of pocket memorandum book.

Tabletnoun

A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.

Tabletnoun

A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; - called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.

Tabletnoun

a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

Tabletnoun

a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

Tabletnoun

a small flat compressed cake of some substance;

Tabletnoun

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet