No they are not the same thing.    Plate Tectonics is the study of mechanisms and the results of  large-scale movement of the earth's crust.    Tectonic Plates â¦ are large sections of the earth's crust that float  on top of semi-molten rocks of the upper mantle. 3 people found this useful.
Capitulation is a way to describe a surrender between armies, but it's also a form of 'giving up' on the stock market. So, what is capitulation when it's used on Wall Street? What does it signify? CNBC explains.
SYNONYMY NOTE: yield implies a giving way under the pressure or compulsion of force, entreaty, persuasion, etc. [to yield to demands]; capitulate implies surrender to a force that one has neither the strength nor will to resist further [to capitulate to the will of the majority]; succumb stresses the weakness of the one who gives way or the power and irresistibility of that which makes one yield [she succumbed to his charms]; relent suggests the yielding or softening of one in a dominant ...