What's the difference between capel and lapel?

Capel


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Caple
  • (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It's all down to the owner, Gillian Capel, who bought the shop with her husband, Arthur, 21 years ago and, after his death, continues to run it with the help of Andrew and Helen.
  • (2) In north Wales, a 94mph gust hit Capel Curig, although later wind speeds of 80mph were recorded, suggesting the storm had passed its peak.
  • (3) Capel explains: “It was the unavailability of products at a customer level that motivated me to set up the C2C Marketplace.
  • (4) Not far away at Capel Curig in Snowdonia 50mm of rain fell in 24 hours.
  • (5) With his tribal entourage of family and animals, apprentices, dependents, who included the painter David Jones, he settled in the ruined Benedictine monastery at Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of Wales.
  • (6) The highest wind speed recorded by the Met Office was 96mph in Capel Curig, in Gwynedd, north Wales.
  • (7) That’s why it is so important.” Capel agrees: “With C2C certification there is a guarantee that this stuff has actually been tested.
  • (8) The wettest location was Capel Curig, Caernarfon, where 325mm fell.
  • (9) Inspired by cradle to cradle pioneers Michael Braungart and William McDonough, and by the work of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the circular economy, Capel was looking for goods that would be good for both people and the planet.
  • (10) High Bradfield, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, had a gust of 93mph, with 87mph recorded in Capel Curig in Conwy, north Wales.
  • (11) STAY in Old Post Office Cottage or Ivy Cottage (£180 for two) in the grounds, or at the restaurant's own Angel Hotel, (01873 857121, angelabergavenny.com , doubles from £101) Y Polyn, Capel Dewi, Carmarthernshire Photograph: Alamy From the statement on their website – "Fat equals flavour.
  • (12) When Paul Capel wanted to buy some new towels for his home he couldn’t find any products that met his high environmental and ethical standards.

Lapel


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Asking Alexander how genuine Hunt’s commitment to the NHS is, given his always having an NHS badge in his left lapel and regular praise of its staff, draws a scornful response: “I was quite struck by Dr Clare Gerada’s tweet about the junior doctors dispute, where she said: ‘Jeremy Hunt wears his NHS badge on his lapel, but junior doctors wear the NHS in their hearts.’ ” Plans to dissolve south London NHS trust anger neighbouring hospital Read more Hunt is one of the few senior figures in parliament who already knows what an effective opponent Alexander can be.
  • (2) A lapel badge dosimeter sensitive to short wave UVR has been used in a preliminary trial to survey photosensitivity in psychiatric patients on phenothiazine therapy.
  • (3) In deference to the occasion, he is wearing a smart sports jacket with a red-flag lapel button, but no tie.
  • (4) The serous surface of the edges of the fenestrated openings is everted with three catgut sutures as a lapel.
  • (5) Actually, by now I’ve got a tailor on Savile Row.” He plucks at his lapels.
  • (6) At the opening of his significantly longer contribution, Turnbull flicked back the front lapels of his suit jacket and smiled – which is the perfectly normal response in the circumstances.
  • (7) Instead, they talked to them and let them stick flowers in their lapels.
  • (8) Ultraviolet radiation exposure was monitored throughout with polysulphone film lapel badges.
  • (9) It's hard to argue with either candidate's choice of a charcoal, two-button suit with notch lapels.
  • (10) Evaluation of thirty FM systems of the same model obtained from three different educational sites was performed to determine the variability that may occur as a result of the receiver, lapel microphone, or neckloop.
  • (11) There was a range as great as 20 dB in high frequency average saturation sound pressure level and equivalent input noise across receivers, lapel microphones, and neckloops.
  • (12) Balmain’s collection had an Aladdin Sane jumpsuit, while Walter Van Beirendonck had a blazer adorned with a clever Aladdin Sane diagonal flash across the lapels, and Dries Van Noten and Alber Elbaz ’s autumn menswear shows both heavily referenced the Thin White Duke.
  • (13) Hope, change ... and TV in a hundred years Photograph: AMC Todd: You remember last year when pale, hollow-eyed individuals wandered out onto the streets of our great nation, grabbing anyone they could see by the lapels and shrieking, "HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS SHOW BREAKING BAD?
  • (14) In a picture released to accompany the broadcast, the prince is shown sitting at a table with a microphone in front of him, and on the left lapel of his suit he wears four military badges.
  • (15) As late as 2013, he attended party gatherings wearing a blue cornflower on his lapel – a plant popularised as a symbol of the pan-German movement by the Austrian politician Georg Ritter von Schönerer , whom Hannah Arendt described as Adolf Hitler’s “spiritual father”.
  • (16) The president's suit fit well, with subtle pick-stitching defining the lapel and a natural shoulder hugging his frame.
  • (17) Heads of state attending summits are too grand to wear lapel badges saying: “Hello, I’m President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia” or “I’m Anji from Berlin”.
  • (18) Poppy fascism The committee room looked like a field in Flanders, so many poppies were there on so many lapels.
  • (19) Lapel microphones and voice operated relays measured seconds of speech.
  • (20) Delve deep into your memory and it probably returns a montage of shots of suit lapels large enough to land a plane on, Daryl Hannah defrosting and cheap synth arpeggios.

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