Main Difference
The main difference between Poncho and Cape is that the Poncho is a cape- or blanket-like outer garment and Cape is a sleeveless outer garment of varying lengths, sometimes attached to a coat.
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Poncho
A poncho (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpontʃo]; punchu in Quechua; Mapudungun pontro, blanket, woolen fabric) is an outer garment designed to keep the body warm. A rain poncho is made from a watertight material designed to keep the body dry from the rain. Ponchos have been used by the Native American peoples of the Andes since pre-Hispanic time, from places now under the territory of Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Ecuador and are now considered typical South American garments.
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Cape
A cape is a sleeveless outer garment, which drapes the wearer’s back, arms and chest, and fastens at the neck.
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Poncho (noun)
A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
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Poncho (noun)
A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.
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Cape (noun)
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
“chersonese|peninsula|point”
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Cape (noun)
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
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Cape (verb)
To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
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Cape (verb)
To head or point; to keep a course.
“The ship capes southwest by south.”
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Cape (verb)
To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
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Cape (verb)
To wear a cape.
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Cape (verb)
To look for, search after.
“ux|en|Long may they search ere that they find that they after cape. (Geoffrey Chaucer)”
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Cape (verb)
To gaze or stare.
“The captain just caped mindlessly into the distance as his ship was hit by volley after volley.”
“ux|en|This Nicholas ever caped upward into the air. (Geoffrey Chaucer)”
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Cape (noun)
a sleeveless cloak, typically a short one
“he was wearing a flowing cape”
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Cape (noun)
a part of a longer coat or cloak that falls loosely over the shoulders from the neckband
“the robe was decorated with gold lace on the fronts, cape, and hem”
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Cape (noun)
the pelt from the head and neck of an animal, for preparation as a hunting trophy
“the hair on a cape for the taxidermist can spoil in warm weather”
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Cape (noun)
a headland or promontory
“we could see the island from the cape”
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Cape (noun)
the Cape of Good Hope.
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Cape (noun)
Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Cape (noun)
the former Cape Province of South Africa.
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Cape (verb)
(in bullfighting) taunt (the bull) by flourishing a cape
“the film shows a man expertly caping a charging bull”
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Cape (verb)
skin the head and neck of (an animal) to prepare a hunting trophy.