different between capstone vs cornerstone

English

Etymology

From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap +? stone.

Noun

capstone (plural capstones)

1. Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
2. (figuratively) A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
   • 1904, Guy Wetmore Carryl, Far from the Maddening Girls, chapter 5

     “You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity.

   • 1969, NASA, The Post-Apollo Space Program: Directions for the Future

     Success of the Apollo program has been the capstone to a series of significant accomplishments for the United States in space in a broad spectrum of manned and unmanned exploration missions and in the application of space techniques for the benefit of man.

Translations

Synonyms

• capestane, copestone

Verb

capstone (third-person singular simple present capstones, present participle capstoning, simple past and past participle capstoned)

1. (transitive) To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off.
   • 2012, Keith Brooke, Strange Divisions and Alien Territories (page 23)

     Capstoning a decade's worth of linked short stories, The Quiet War (2008) was a vivid and tense novel about a solar system sliding into conflict.

2. (transitive, US, military, informal) To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program.
   • 1981, Army Reserve Magazine (volumes 27-28, page 24)

     “Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.

See also

• keystone

Anagrams

• caponets, opencast, patonces, potances

English

Alternative forms

• corner stone

Etymology

From Middle English corner stoon; equivalent to corner +? stone. The figurative sense in part after Psalm 118:22, quoted several times in the New Testament.

Noun

cornerstone (plural cornerstones)

1. A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
2. Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.

3. (figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• foundation stone
• keystone
• milestone
• quoin
• touchstone

Further reading

• cornerstone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nonsecretor

Middle English

Noun

cornerstone

1. Alternative form of corner stoon