Capitol vs. Capital — What's the Difference?

The seat of the US Congress in Washington DC.

The city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region

The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.

Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing

A building or complex of buildings in which a state legislature meets.

A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names

Capitol The building in Washington, DC, where the Congress of the United States meets. See Usage Note at capital1.

The distinct, typically broader section at the head of a pillar or column

(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.

(of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty

(historical) Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.

(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.

(historical) capitoul, the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France.

Excellent

The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.

Used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight

The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of a State holds its sessions; a statehouse.

A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.

The federal government of the United States

A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry

The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet

Wealth, especially in the form of financial or physical assets, used in the production or accumulation of more wealth.

Accumulated assets or advantages used for economic or political gain

The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.

Net worth.

Capital stock.

Capitalists considered as a group or class.

A capital letter.

The top part of a pillar or column, typically having an ornamental design.

First and foremost; principal

First-rate; excellent

Relating to or being a seat of government.

Extremely serious

Involving death or calling for the death penalty

Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business

Relating to or being a capital letter.

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.

(countable) 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.

(countable) The most important city in the field specified.

(countable) An uppercase letter.

The uppermost part of a column.

(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.

The chief or most important thing.

Of prime importance.

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.

Excellent.

(crime) Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.

Uppercase.

Used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness

Of or relating to the head.

Of or pertaining to the head.

Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

First in importance; chief; principal.

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

A chapter, or section, of a book.

Assets available for use in the production of further assets

Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

A seat of government

One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;

A book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

The upper part of a column that supports the entablature

First-rate;

Punishable by death;

Of primary important;

Uppercase;