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).

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, considering how languages evolve, “capitol” is soon to follow the fate of “literally”.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I do find it oh so funny that literally now literally means figuratively as well as its original meaning.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So will figuratively come to mean literally? That would be figuratively funny.

Edit: I thought about it and came to the conclusion that "literally" doesn't mean "figuratively" but it's just an emphasiser. So it can be used in contexts where "figuratively" would work but it literally is just there to give emphasis to the statement.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(such as Capitol Hill)

Is that related to Cypress Hill?

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

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

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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