Limit vs. Cap

Limitnoun

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

Limitnoun

(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

Limitnoun

(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

Limitnoun

(category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.

Limitnoun

(poker) Fixed limit.

Limitnoun

The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

Limitnoun

(obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.

Limitnoun

(obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

Limitnoun

(obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.

Limitnoun

A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.

Limitnoun

(cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.

Limitnoun

An exasperating or intolerable person.

Limitadjective

(poker) Being a fixed limit game.

Limitverb

(transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

Limitverb

To have a limit in a particular set.

Limitverb

(obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

Limitnoun

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.

Limitnoun

The space or thing defined by limits.

Limitnoun

That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

Limitnoun

A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Limitnoun

A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.

Limitnoun

A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.

Limitverb

To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.

Limitverb

To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.

Limitnoun

the greatest possible degree of something;

Limitnoun

final or latest limiting point

Limitnoun

the boundary of a specific area

Limitnoun

as far as something can go

Limitnoun

the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

Limitnoun

the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed;

Limitverb

place limits on (extent or access);

Limitverb

restrict or confine,

Limitverb

decide upon or fix definitely;

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.