City vs. Capital

Citynoun

A large settlement, bigger than a town.

Citynoun

A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

Citynoun

(Australia) The central business district; downtown.

Citynoun

A large town.

Citynoun

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.

Citynoun

The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.

Cityadjective

Of or pertaining to a city.

Citynoun

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts;

Citynoun

an incorporated administrative district established by state charter;

Citynoun

people living in a large densely populated municipality;

Citynoun

a large town

Citynoun

a town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral.

Citynoun

a municipal centre incorporated by the state or province.

Citynoun

a place or situation characterized by a specified attribute

Citynoun

short for City of London

Citynoun

the financial and commercial institutions located in the City of London

City

A city is a large human settlement. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks.

Capitalnoun

Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

Capitalnoun

Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Capitalnoun

(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.

Capitalnoun

(countable) The most important city in the field specified.

Capitalnoun

(countable) An uppercase letter.

Capitalnoun

The uppermost part of a column.

Capitalnoun

(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.

Capitalnoun

The chief or most important thing.

Capitaladjective

Of prime importance.

Capitaladjective

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.

Capitaladjective

Excellent.

Capitaladjective

Involving punishment by death.

Capitaladjective

Uppercase.

Capitaladjective

Of or relating to the head.

Capitaladjective

Of or pertaining to the head.

Capitaladjective

Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

Capitaladjective

First in importance; chief; principal.

Capitaladjective

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

Capitaladjective

Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

Capitalnoun

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

Capitalnoun

The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

Capitalnoun

Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.

Capitalnoun

That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

Capitalnoun

Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

Capitalnoun

An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

Capitalnoun

A chapter, or section, of a book.

Capitalnoun

See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

Capitalnoun

assets available for use in the production of further assets

Capitalnoun

wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

Capitalnoun

a seat of government

Capitalnoun

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;

Capitalnoun

a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

Capitalnoun

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Capitaladjective

first-rate;

Capitaladjective

punishable by death;

Capitaladjective

of primary important;

Capitaladjective

uppercase;

Capitalnoun

the city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region

Capitalnoun

a place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product

Capitalnoun

wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing

Capitalnoun

the excess of a company's assets over its liabilities.

Capitalnoun

people who possess wealth and use it to control a society's economic activity, considered collectively

Capitalnoun

a valuable resource of a particular kind

Capitalnoun

a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names

Capitalnoun

the distinct, typically broader section at the head of a pillar or column

Capitaladjective

(of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty

Capitaladjective

(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.

Capitaladjective

excellent

Capitalinterjection

used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight