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Toque vs Cap - What's the difference?

toque | cap |

As nouns the difference between toque and cap

is that toque is a type of hat with no brim while cap is a close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.

As a verb cap is

to cover or seal with a cap.

As an initialism CAP is

(European Union) Common Agricultural Policy.

toque

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* touque

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of hat with no brim.
  • * 1903 —Janet Elder Rait, Alison Howard , Archibald Constable & Co., page 273,
    • "Because Esmé said she was going out this afternoon to choose a new toque , and she hoped I should like it, and I’m not quite sure what it is, or where she'll wear it. Do you mind explaining?"
    "Not at all. A toque is that which if it had strings would be a bonnet, and if it had brim, would be a hat. It is worn on the head."
    "Thanks, now I know where I am," said the vicar of St. Machars, with a sigh of relief.
  • * 1932 —Vyvyan Holland, translator, The Strange River by Julien Green, Harper & Brothers, page 180,
    • She drank a glass of wine mixed with water, took off her felt toque and her shoes, and slid beneath the red eiderdown.
  • * 1957 —,
    • In a dressing-gown, a stiff toque on his head, a large blood-stained handkerchief over his face, a whistle hanging from his neck, a rug over his knees, thick socks on his feet, Hamm seems to be asleep.
  • (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs
  • * 1999 —Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America , Owl Books, ISBN 0805061738, page 154,
    • Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque .
  • * 2000 —Jerrilyn Farmer, Killer Wedding , HarperCollins, ISBN 0380795981, page 103,
    • When I came to the back of a man's head, wearing a toque , I knew I'd spotted my quarry.
    "Chef Reynoso?"
  • * 2004 —Laura Levine, Killer Blonde , Kensington Books, ISBN 0758201621, page 114,
    • Minutes later, a red-faced man in a chef's toque approached our table.
  • (by extension, informal) A chef.
  • * 2007 —October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in , page 360,
    • Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town.
  • A variety of bonnet monkey; (toque macaque), .

    • Etymology 2

    1871. Assimilated from tuque.

    Alternative forms

    * tuque (Canada)

    Noun

    (Tuque) (en noun)
  • (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
  • * 1998 , Douglas Coupland, Girlfriend in a Coma , ch 1:
    • Such is the demented nature of the universe that I was too weak to properly respond to my being hit on by carloads of Betties and Veronicas—all except for the cheeky Cheryl Anderson who gave me ‘manual release’ the day I lost my eye-brows, followed by a flood of tears and the snapping of Polaroids in which I wear a knit toque . Gush gush.
    Synonyms
    * beanie * knit cap * stocking cap * watch cap

    See also

    * winter hat * winter toque * wool hat

    References

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    Anagrams

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    cap

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
    • The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
  • A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
  • An academic mortarboard
  • A protective cover or seal
    • He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
  • A crown for covering a tooth
    • He had golden caps on his teeth.
  • The summit of a mountain etc.
    • There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
  • An artificial upper limit or ceiling
    • We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
  • The top part of a mushroom
  • A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
    • Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
  • A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
    • He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
  • (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
  • * 2001: Charles Jade, Jade goes to Metreon
    • Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
  • (soccer) An international appearance
    • Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
  • (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
  • (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
  • * Fuller
    • he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks
  • (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
  • (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
    • the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
  • Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
  • (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
  • (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
  • A large size of writing paper.
    • flat cap'''; fools'''cap'''; legal '''cap
    Antonyms
    * (artificial upper limit) floor
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * (head covering) baseball cap, cunt cap * (protective cover or seal) crown cap, filler cap * (artificial upper limit) interest rate cap * (small amount of explosive used as detonator) percussion cap, pop a cap in someone's ass
    See also
    * set one's cap at

    Verb

    (capp)
  • To cover or seal with a cap
  • To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
  • To lie over or on top of something
  • To surpass or outdo
  • To set an upper limit on something
    • cap wages.
  • To make something even more wonderful at the end.
    • That really capped my day.
  • (cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
  • (slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
    • If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
  • (sports) to select to play for the national team.
    • Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
  • (obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Thackeray
    • Tom capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
  • To deprive of a cap.
    • (Spenser)

    Etymology 2

    From capitalization, by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) Capitalization.
    • Derived terms
    * market cap

    Etymology 3

    From capital, by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An uppercase letter.

    • Verb

    (capp)
  • (informal) To convert text to uppercase.

    • Anagrams

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