different between camlet vs caplet

English

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?amla, “velvet”), via Old French chamelot to Middle English chamelet.

Noun

camlet (countable and uncountable, plural camlets)

1. A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
2. A garment made from such a fabric.
   • July 1, 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys

     This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.

   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 4

     With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.

   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Refugees, Chapter 3

     She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.

Translations

Anagrams

• Mactel

English

Etymology 1

Blend of capsule +? tablet

Noun

caplet (plural caplets)

1. A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

Translations

References

• Tablet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

cap (“upper limit or ceiling”) +? -let (diminutive suffix)

Noun

caplet (plural caplets)

1. (finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

References

• Interest rate cap and floor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• placet