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capital — Capitol
[These two words have the same pronunciation.]
“Capital” means
(a) ‘a place, town or city which serves as a seat of government and where the government of a country conducts its administrative activities’
(b) ‘a sum of money used for staring a business’
(c) ‘the sum of money that is deposited in a bank’
(d) ‘the top part of a pillar’
(e) ‘very good’
(f) ‘punishable by death – capital punishment – of a convicted criminal’
(g) ‘the first type in English alphabet: A B C D E F … (capital letters)’ ,
e.g.
Seoul is the capital of South Korea.
[i.e. Seoul is the main city of the country S. Korea where the government political and administrative offices are located]
He started his multimillion dollar business with a capital of just $ 1000! [i.e. the money he first spent/invested on his business was only $ 1000]
“Capitol” (always with a capital ‘C’, and an ‘o’ after “t”) is ‘the building in Washington D.C., in the USA, where the United States Congress meets’, or ‘a similar building for each particular state in the USA’,
- (the Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA)
e.g.
Mr. Martin Lee, a Hong Kong democracy leader, was warmly received by the US President on Capitol Hill.
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