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Kapo vs Capo - What's the difference?

kapo | capo |

As nouns the difference between kapo and capo

is that kapo is a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor while capo is a movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

kapo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
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    capo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of (m), from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

    • Synonyms

    * (movable bar) capotasto

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.

    • Anagrams

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