Capped vs Topped - What's the difference?
capped | topped |
(cap)
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.
(top)
(rfc-sense)The highest part or component of an object.
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#The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.
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#A lid, cap or cover of a container.
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#A garment worn to cover the torso.
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#(lb) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
#(lb) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
#(lb) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
#*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
#*:from top to toe
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall / On her ungrateful top !
A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
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(lb) Someone who is eminent.
#(lb) The chief person; the most prominent one.
#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
#*:to be the top of zealots
#The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:And wears upon his baby brow the round / And top of sovereignty.
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, title= (lb) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
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(lb) A top quark.
The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work.
(lb) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
(lb) Highest pitch or loudest.
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(lb) Eve; verge; point.
*(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
*:He was upon the top of his marriage with Magdaleine.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
:(Knight)
Topboots.
:(Charles Dickens)
To cover on the top or with a top.
To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
To excel, to surpass, to beat.
* Shakespeare, King Lear
To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
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(British, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
(BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
(slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
(archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
(archaic) To predominate.
* John Locke
(archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
(informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
(informal) Very good, of high quality.
Rated first.
As verbs the difference between capped and topped
is that capped is past tense of cap while topped is past tense of top.capped
English
Verb
(head)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 ----topped
English
Verb
(head)top
English
Noun
(wikipedia top) (en noun)Stoke 2-1 Besiktas, passage=After drawing their first game in Kiev the Potters are now top of Europa League Group E ahead of back-to-back games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv.}}
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Synonyms
* head (of a page) * (lid) cap, cover, lid * (LGBT) pitcher, active, seme (Japanese fiction)Antonyms
* (part of an object furthest away in the opposite direction from that in which an unsupported object would fall) base, bottom, underside * foot (of a page) * (garment) bottoms * (BDSM) bottom * (gay sexual slang) bottom, passive, pathicDerived terms
* big top * curly top * desktop * hilltop * housetop * laptop * mountaintop * on top * on top of * on top of the world * palmtop * rooftop * tabletop * tiptop * top and tail * top-down * top-hole * topless * top of mind * top of the hour * top of the morning * topping * treetopVerb
(topp)- I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
- I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
- Top and tail the carrots.
- Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
- Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed, / And my invention thrive, Edmund the base / Shall top th' legitimate. I grow; I prosper
- Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
- Liverpool topped the table on Christmas Day and, after Arsenal's win at West Ham earlier on Boxing Day, would have returned to the top had they been the first team to beat City at home this season.
- Depression causes many people to top themselves.
- I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping .
- Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
- lofty ridges and topping mountains
- (Derham)
- topping passions
- influenced by topping uneasiness
- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (excel) beat, better, best, do better than, exceed, excel, outdo, surpass, trump, worst * (kill) ** (standard) kill, murder, slaughter, slay ** do in, do away with, take out, wipe outDerived terms
* (kill) top oneself * untoppedAdjective
(-)Adverb
(-)- She came top in her French exam.