Cape vs Robe - What's the difference?
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(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
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(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
(obsolete) To gape.
To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
* Shakespeare
(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
To clothe someone in a robe.
As nouns the difference between cape and robe
is that cape is a piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland while robe is a long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.As verbs the difference between cape and robe
is that cape is to head or point; to keep a course while robe is to clothe someone in a robe.As a proper noun Cape
is the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Province, South Africa.cape
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) cap, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* chersonese * peninsula * pointEtymology 2
(wikipedia cape) (etyl) capa, from .Noun
(en noun)- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
See also
* cloakVerb
(cap)- The ship capes southwest by south.
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Anagrams
* ----robe
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Noun
(en noun)- Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.