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Camlet vs Caplet - What's the difference?

camlet | caplet |

As nouns the difference between camlet and caplet

is that camlet is a fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk 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.

camlet

English

Noun

  • A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
  • A garment made from such a fabric.
  • July 1, 1660' ''This morning came home my fine '''Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.'' — Samuel Pepys, ''
    1844' ''With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue '''camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.'' — Charles Dickens, ''Martin Chuzzlewit ,
    1893' ''She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured '''camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.'' — Arthur Conan Doyle, ''The Refugees , .

    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)