Cap vs Sheath - What's the difference?
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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 scabbard; a holster for a sword.
Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case.
The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
A tight-fitting dress.
(British) A condom.
The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
One of the elytra of an insect.
To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.
* John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
Cap is a related term of sheath.
As verbs the difference between cap and sheath
is that cap is to extend one's leg for walking; get a move on while sheath is to put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.As a noun sheath is
a scabbard; a holster for a sword.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 ----sheath
English
Alternative forms
* sheatheNoun
(sheaths)Synonyms
* (scabbard) scabbard * (long case) ** case ** casing ** cover ** covering ** envelope * (tight-fitting dress) * See alsoVerb
- But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.
