Help me in English language!

[Edwina's Secretary]

I think of a cap as something more casual than a hat.

Baseball caps are something I think should be worn with the eyeshade shading the eyes instead of the nap of the neck...but that is a whole different discussion.

[Pam]

Barbara I have to congratulate you (and anyone!) who tries to comprehend the English language! It is sometimes a struggle for us for whom it is our native tongue! LOL! That said, I think that something that is sort of "form fitting" on the head might qualify as a cap, while a hat might be more of what Today's Cat is wearing, even though we call it a cap (as in a cap and gown). See what I mean about our language! LOL!

Baseball caps are something I think should be worn with the eyeshade shading the eyes instead of the nap of the neck...but that is a whole different discussion.

Agree! LOL!

[Taz_Zoee]

A cap, to me, is the lid for a pen or other object. An item worn on the head is always a hat to me. But I do not speak perfect English, AT ALL! There's probably some errors in this post.

[Killearn Kitties]

I have always thought that a cap was something with a skip, the kind of thing schoolboys wore in the dim and distant past. I can't find a proper picture, only this kind of thing from a fancy dress site.

[kokopup]

I think that cap and hat are often the same as in baseball cap or hat. I usually look at any head cover as being a HAT and in some cases is also a cap. If you are wearing a Bowler it is always a hat. Same would go for a TOP or Derby Hat. I think more confusing would be the words pants and trousers. It depends on what the purpose is for their use. Like you would never refer to blue jeans as trousers, or you would not refer to the bottom of a TUX as pants, but of course you could and
that would be ok

[Catherinedana]

cap : (a) head covering especially with a visor and no brim (think of the Tweed caps associated with Ireland) (b) : a distinctive head covering emblematic of a position or office, for example a nurse's cap or motorboard

hat: a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown and brim, for example a derby hat or cowboy hat.

Thanks to Merriam Webster!

[Barbara]

I am very grateful that an explanation for pants and trousers is also included- that's another one.
Here everything like a cowboy hat, a Homburg, a trilby and a bowler would also be hats- but baseball caps would never. So the English hat invades the territory of the German cap- but basically it's the same difference

Killearn Karen: what you are talking about- would it be that classical thing made of Harris Tweed that has a short hard visor which is mainly hidden by the rest of the cap?

[Cinder & Smoke]

Baseball caps are something I think should be worn
with the eyeshade shading the eyes instead of the nap of the neck ...

NO, No, no, sillie!

SIDEways - so your EAR doesn't get a sun burn!

Dint the Hoodies teach you Nuffin in Chicago?

[RICHARD]

The last time I heard the term "knickers" was on the BBC's Graham Norton show.

Nigella Lawson was on and GN asked her about the stories in the media about her going 'sans knickers' often.


No translation needed here!