Capital: The word “capital” can refer to money, uppercase letters, the death penalty, and capital cities that house a seat of government.
Capitol: The word “capitol” always refers to a physical capitol building (such as the US Capitol building) or the area surrounding it (such as Capitol Hill).

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I thought "capital" as in uppercase letters only would refer to an uppercase letter at the start of a word.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe because that's the most common usage of capitals but concider the term "all caps"

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I figured "all caps" was just a misnomer. "Capital" usually refers to something being the biggest or most important in a group of things.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Capital letters are the group of the biggest letters. Not necessarily within a word but in a set theory sense.

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