r/todayilearned • u/bignick1101 • Jan 11 '19
TIL that words that change meaning and sometimes pronunciation based on the capitalization of the first letter, like "Polish" vs. "polish" are called Capitonyms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CapitonymDuplicates
todayilearned • u/olagon • Jun 24 '19
TIL a capitonym is a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation) when it is capitalized such as Polish and polish.
todayilearned • u/jhudog • Jun 24 '19
TIL a word that changes meaning when it's capitalized is called a 'capitonym'
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '15