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Carcase vs Capcase - What's the difference?

carcase | capcase |

As nouns the difference between carcase and capcase

is that carcase is the body of a slaughtered animal after the removal of the offal etc while capcase is a small case or bandbox.

carcase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The body of a slaughtered animal after the removal of the offal etc.
  • (British)
  • "A small hollow globe of iron, filled with powder and fired by fuze.''" ''[http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=yFQ2AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA108]
    • Carcase is the spelling used in the King James Version (1611) of the Bible.

    capcase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small case or bandbox.
  • (obsolete) A chest or trunk.
    • A capcase for your linen and your plate. — Beaumont and Fletcher.
    (Webster 1913)