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Caplet vs Caple - What's the difference?

caplet | caple |

As a noun 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 proper noun caple is

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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)

    caple

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete except in dialects) a horse
  • :* Late 14th century': ‘Herkne, my broþer, herkne, by þy feiþ! / Herestow nat how þat þe cartere seiþ? / Hent it anon, for he haþ yeve it þee,/ Boþe hey and cart, and eek his '''caples þre.’ — Geoffrey Chaucer, ''The Friar's Tale

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