Caplet vs. Tablet

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  • Caplet (noun)

    A smooth-coated tablet pill, as in medicine shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

  • Caplet (noun)

    A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the “cap”). Each “caplet”, analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A slab of clay used for inscription.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá’í faith.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.

    “Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.”

  • Tablet (noun)

    A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A graphics tablet.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.

  • Tablet (noun)

    A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

  • Tablet (verb)

    To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

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