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Kaput vs Caput - What's the difference?

kaput | caput |

As an adjective kaput

is out of order; not working; broken.

As a noun caput is

the head.

kaput

English

Alternative forms

* kaputt

Adjective

(-)
  • (slang) Out of order; not working; broken.
    • My car is kaput.
    His career is kaput.
    Her marriage is kaput.
  • * 1998 , Saving Private Ryan
    • German propaganda loudspeaker:'' (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT'''.
    ''Captain Miller:'' "The Statue of Liberty is '     kaput " – huh, that's disconcerting.

    caput

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The head.
  • (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
  • The top or superior part of a thing.
  • (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
  • * Lamb
    • Your caputs and heads of colleges.

    Related terms

    * caput mortuum (Webster 1913) ----