“He wore a sun cap with a wide brim all around.”
Usage Entry 1281 / 1350 60-second read
Hat vs. Cap
A headwear item with a full brim versus a close-fitting one with a visor or no brim.
The comparisoni
“He wore a sun hat with a wide brim all around — caps have visors at the front (baseball cap) or fit close with no brim (beanie).”
The ruleii
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HAT = full brim. CAP = visor/no brim.
HAT typically has a brim all around — sun hats, fedoras, cowboy hats. CAP has a visor at the front (baseball cap) or no brim at all (beanie, skull cap). Not absolute — graduation caps have a mortarboard — but useful.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Hat circles. Cap peaks.