Peninsula vs Cape - What's the difference?
peninsula | cape | Synonyms |
(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
(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.
Cape is a synonym of peninsula.
In geography terms the difference between peninsula and cape
is that peninsula is a piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass while cape is a piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.As a verb cape is
to head or point; to keep a course.As a proper noun Cape is
the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Province, South Africa.peninsula
English
(wikipedia peninsula)Alternative forms
*Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* byland * cape * chersonese * half-island * headland * nessExternal links
* ----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)