different between blackcap vs whitecap

English

Etymology

From black +? cap.

Noun

blackcap (plural blackcaps)

1. A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete, Britain, US, dialectal) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]
   • 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, II.4:

     Other times the cat would run off to the hunting grounds, either the swamps or the Astroni, and when the hunters shot down an oriole or a great tit or a blackcap [transl. capofuscolo], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message.

3. (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
4. (Canada, US) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus)
• Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
• Wilson's blackcap (Wilsonia pusilla)

Translations

Anagrams

• clap back, clapback

English

Etymology

white +? cap

Noun

whitecap (plural whitecaps)

1. Any of several birds having a white patch on the head
2. A wave having a white crest; a breaker
3. (US, historical) A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.

   Synonym: whitecapper

Derived terms

• whitecapping

References

• whitecap at OneLook Dictionary Search
• whitecap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia