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Lapel vs Capel - What's the difference?

lapel | capel |

As nouns the difference between lapel and capel

is that lapel is each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between while capel is hat.

lapel

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
  • *
  • *:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

    • Derived terms

    * grab by the lapels

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • appeal

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    capel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * caple

    Etymology 1

    From Latin caballus, via Icelandic.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a horse
    • (Chaucer)
    (Holland)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

    • Anagrams

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