Difference between Peninsula and Cape

What is the difference between Peninsula and Cape?

Peninsula as a noun is a piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass. while Cape as a noun is a piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Peninsula

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

Example sentence: To respond to North Korea by having our own nuclear weapons will not maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula and could lead to a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia.

Cape

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To head or point; to keep a course.To gape.

Example sentence: I want to be the first. If they'd let me go to the moon, I'd crawl all the way to Cape Kennedy just to do it. I'd like to go to the moon, but I don't want to be the second man to go there.

We hope you now know whether to use Peninsula or Cape in your sentence.

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