Hood vs Cape - What's the difference?
hood | cape |
A covering such as worn over one’s head.
A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
(label) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle. Also known as a bonnet in other countries.
A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
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(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
(obsolete) To gape.
To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
As a proper noun hood
is .As a noun cape is
hard earth layer (while digging).hood
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) . More at hat.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (engine cover) bonnet, cowlDerived terms
* chemical hood * cooker hood * extractor hood * fume hood * kitchen hood * hoodie * range hoodSee also
* (l) (hood-shaped)Etymology 2
.Etymology 3
; compare (m).Alternative forms
* 'hoodAdjective
(-)Usage notes
Particularly used for poor US inner-city black neighborhoods. Also used more generally, as a casual neutral term for “neighborhood”, but marked by strong associations.Synonyms
* ghetto * (neighborhood) nabe, neighborhoodEtymology 4
, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.cape
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) cap, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* chersonese * peninsula * pointEtymology 2
(wikipedia cape) (etyl) capa, from .Noun
(en noun)- 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
* cloakVerb
(cap)- The ship capes southwest by south.
- (Chaucer)