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Caput vs Capita - What's the difference?

caput | capita |

As nouns the difference between caput and capita

is that caput is the head while capita is person.

caput

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The head.
  • (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
  • The top or superior part of a thing.
  • (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
  • * Lamb
    • Your caputs and heads of colleges.

    Related terms

    * caput mortuum (Webster 1913) ----

    capita

    English

    Noun

  • person
    • We will calculate the average per-capita .
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