different between captive vs caption

English

Etymology

From Middle English captif; in turn ultimately from Latin capt?vus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Doublet of caitiff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæpt?v/
• Hyphenation: cap?tive

Noun

captive (plural captives)

1. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
2. One held prisoner.
3. (figuratively) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

Translations

Adjective

captive (not comparable)

1. Held prisoner; not free; confined.
2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
3. Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.

   captive chains; captive hours

Derived terms

• captive candidate

Translations

Verb

captive (third-person singular simple present captives, present participle captiving, simple past and past participle captived)

1. (transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.

French

Verb

captive

1. first-person singular present indicative of captiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of captiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of captiver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of captiver
5. second-person singular imperative of captiver

Latin

Adjective

capt?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of capt?vus

Middle English

Noun

captive

1. Alternative form of captif

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capti?, from the past participle of capi? (“I take, I seize”) (English capture). Compare Middle English capcioun (“seizure, capture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæp.??n/

Noun

caption (plural captions)

1. (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part thereof
2. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
3. (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
4. (law) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
5. (obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
   • 1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378).

     The caption and asportation must be felonious.

Usage notes

In film and video, captions may transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while subtitles translate foreign-language dialogue.

Derived terms

• captionable, captioned, captioner, captioning
• (film) closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning
• (film) open caption, open-caption, open captions
• (film) real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning

Related terms

• captious
• captivate
• captive
• capture

Translations

Verb

caption (third-person singular simple present captions, present participle captioning, simple past and past participle captioned)

1. To add captions to a text or illustration.

   Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.

2. To add captions to a film or broadcast.

Translations

Anagrams

• Pontiac, anticop, paction