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Callet vs Caplet - What's the difference?

callet | caplet |

As nouns the difference between callet and caplet

is that callet is a trull or prostitute while caplet is a smooth-coated tablet shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets or caplet can be (finance) a component of an , covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

As a verb callet

is (obsolete) to rail or scold.

callet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trull or prostitute.
  • A scold or gossip.

    • Quotations

    * 1603', , Act 4, Scene 2 *: He call'd her whore: a beggar in his drink / Could not have laid such terms upon his callet .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To rail or scold.
    • (Brathwait)

    References

    * ----

    caplet

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A smooth-coated tablet shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
    • References
    * (Tablet)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A component of an , covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
    • References
    * (Interest rate cap and floor)