Difference between Capital and Great

What is the difference between Capital and Great?

Capital as an adjective is of prime importance while Great as an adjective is very big, large scale.

Capital

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of prime importance excellent involving punishment by death uppercase

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures). Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it. An uppercase letter. The uppermost part of a column.

Example sentence: One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

Great

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Expression of gladness and content about something.sarcastic inversion thereof.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very big, large scale.Very good.Important.Title referring to an important leader.

Example sentence: A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

We hope you now know whether to use Capital or Great in your sentence.

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