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Skullcap vs Calotte - What's the difference?

skullcap | calotte |

As nouns the difference between skullcap and calotte

is that skullcap is a small domed cap that covers from the forehead to just above the back of the neck while calotte is a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.

skullcap

English

Alternative forms

* skull cap, skull-cap

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small domed cap that covers from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
  • A yarmulke-like hat worn as an element of ghetto fashion.
  • Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus , in the Lamiaceae family.

    • Synonyms

    * (yarmulke) kippah

    See also

    * kippah * yarmulka, yarmulke * zucchetto, zuchetto

    calotte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests
  • (archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
  • (architecture) A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
  • (anatomy) The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.

    • Synonyms

    * (skullcap) zucchetto

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