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Chaplet vs Caplet - What's the difference?

chaplet | caplet |

As nouns the difference between chaplet and caplet

is that chaplet is a garland or circlet for the head while 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.

chaplet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A garland or circlet for the head.
  • A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
  • * Longfellow
    • her chaplet of beads and her missal
  • A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
  • A small chapel or shrine.
  • A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
  • A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
    • (Johnson)

    Derived terms

    * chapleted

    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)