Cap vs Pad - What's the difference?
cap | pad |
A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
An academic mortarboard
A protective cover or seal
A crown for covering a tooth
The summit of a mountain etc.
An artificial upper limit or ceiling
The top part of a mushroom
A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
* 2001: Charles Jade,
(soccer) An international appearance
(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
* Fuller
(zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(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.
(geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
A large size of writing paper.
To cover or seal with a cap
To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
To lie over or on top of something
To surpass or outdo
To set an upper limit on something
To make something even more wonderful at the end.
(cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
(slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
(sports) to select to play for the national team.
(obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
* Thackeray
To deprive of a cap.
(informal) To convert text to uppercase.
A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
A soft, or small, cushion.
A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
A sanitary napkin.
(US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
(cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
A keypad.
A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
(US, slang) A bed.
(colloquial) A place of residence.
(cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
A mousepad.
(nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
To stuff.
To furnish with a pad or padding.
To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).
To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
(cricket) to deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
(British, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. See footpad.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
* Tennyson
(British, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
The act of highway robbery.
(British, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
To travel along (a road, path etc.).
* Somerville
To travel on foot.
To wear a path by walking.
To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
(obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
* (Cotton Mather)
The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
As a verb cap
is to extend one's leg for walking; get a move on.As a noun pad is
fall (move to a lower position).cap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)- The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
- He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
- He had golden caps on his teeth.
- There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
- We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
- Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
- He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
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- Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
- Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
- Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
- he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks
- the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
- flat cap'''; fools'''cap'''; legal '''cap
Antonyms
* (artificial upper limit) floorHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* (head covering) baseball cap, cunt cap * (protective cover or seal) crown cap, filler cap * (artificial upper limit) interest rate cap * (small amount of explosive used as detonator) percussion cap, pop a cap in someone's assSee also
* set one's cap atVerb
(capp)- cap wages.
- That really capped my day.
- If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
- Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
- (Shakespeare)
- Tom capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
- (Spenser)
Etymology 2
From capitalization, by shortening.Derived terms
* market capEtymology 3
From capital, by shortening.Verb
(capp)Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----pad
English
Etymology 1
1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
{{der3, gamepad , incontinence pad , joypad , keypad , launchpad , mousepad , notepad , one-time pad , sleeping pad , touchpad , trackpad}}Verb
(padd)- The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
- "Obama pads delegate lead ... with win in key western state."'' Austin American-Statesman ''newspaper, May 21, 2008.
- to pad cloth
Derived terms
* well-paddedEtymology 2
From (etyl) pade, padde, from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and possibly related to the (term)-like English paddle.Alternative forms
*Derived terms
* *Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- an abbot on an ambling pad
- (Gay)
- (Byron)
Etymology 4
an alteration of (ped).Noun
(en noun)- (Simmonds)
Etymology 5
partly from (etyl), partly imitative.Verb
(padd)- Padding the streets for half a crown.
- Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out...
- Their chief Argument is, That they never saw'' any Witches, therefore there are ''none''. Just as if you or I should say, We never met with any ''Robbers'' on the Road, therefore there never was any ''Padding there.
