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Crape vs Cape - What's the difference?

crape | cape |

As nouns the difference between crape and cape

is that crape is crepe while cape is hard earth layer (while digging).

As a verb crape

is to form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

crape

English

Noun

  • Crepe.
  • Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

    • Verb

    (crap)
  • To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.
    • a machine for craping silk
    The hour for curling and craping the hair. — Madame d'Arblay.

    Anagrams

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    cape

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) cap, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
    • Synonyms
    * chersonese * peninsula * point

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia cape) (etyl) capa, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
    See also
    * cloak

    Verb

    (cap)
  • (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
    • The ship capes southwest by south.
  • (obsolete) To gape.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To skin an animal, particularly a deer.

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