Is there a difference between August and august? One of my friends asked.
I did not understand the difference between these two English words when first read.
Only later did it become clear that he was asking about Capitonym.
That is, one word he mentions (August) starts with a Capital Letter, and the other starts with august without a Capital Letter.
Such words are called Capitonym in English.
That is, if the first letter is changed to Capital, the meaning of the word changes.
Sometimes even the pronunciation changes. Just take the words the friend pointed out.
August is the name of a month. Derived from the name of the Roman emperor Augustus.
Rather, the word august means respectable and attractive. That is equivalent to words like Respected, distinguished, renowned, prestigious. I was in an august company or it was an august performance.
Another month also falls into this category. You know that the word March refers to the third month of the year.
Rather the march is meant to take place at regular intervals as it does in the army.
What do you say if the second of the above words (august, march) occurs at the beginning of the sentence? (The opening letter of the sentence must be written in capital letters only!)
It is important to take care not to get such a place. That’s why I even included the word ‘rather’.
Capitonym is sometimes used to distinguish a particular object from other similar objects.
There are many suns in the universe. One of them is called the Sun around which planets like the earth are orbiting.
Church is a group of people gathered for a specific purpose. If the first letter is a small church it means only one building.
Liberal means those who belong to the Liberal Party. Rather liberal means that it is liberal.
Cancer is a specific astronomical group or zodiac sign. We use the word cancer to refer to disease cancer.
It is well known that the Titanic was a huge shipwreck. Minimizing the first letter means titanic only means gigantic.
See how this sentence looks like.
A turkey may march in Turkey in May or March!
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Aravind T..
