Crown vs. Circlet — What's the Difference?

A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

A circlet is a piece of headgear that is similar to a diadem or a corolla. The word circlet is also used to refer to the base of a crown or a coronet with or without a cap.

The top or highest part of something

A small circle, especially a circular ornament.

The part of a tooth projecting from the gum

A semi-circular band, often made of intricately cut metal, worn around the head as a crown or for special occasions as by a bride during a wedding.

A British coin with a face value of five shillings or 25 pence, now minted only for commemorative purposes.

A small circle.

A paper size, 384 × 504 mm.

A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head.

Ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch

A crown without arches or a covering.

Rest on or form the top of

A round body; an orb.

Be the triumphant culmination of (an effort or endeavour, especially a prolonged one)

A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.

Fit a crown to (a tooth)

A round body; an orb.

Hit on the head

A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.

(of a baby's head during labour) fully appear in the vaginal opening prior to emerging

A small circle

An ornamental circlet or head covering, often made of precious metal set with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

Decorated metal band worn around the head

The power, position, or empire of a monarch or of a state governed by constitutional monarchy.

The monarch as head of state.

A distinction or reward for achievement, especially a title signifying championship in a sport.

Something resembling a diadem in shape.

A coin stamped with a crown or crowned head on one side.

Abbr. cr. A silver coin formerly used in Great Britain and worth five shillings.

Any one of several coins, such as the koruna, the krona, or the krone, having a name that means “crown.”

The top or highest part of the head.

The head itself.

The top or upper part of a hat.

The highest point or summit.

The highest, primary, or most valuable part, attribute, or state

The part of a tooth that is covered by enamel and projects beyond the gum line.

An artificial substitute for the natural crown of a tooth.

(Nautical) The lowest part of an anchor, where the arms are joined to the shank.

(Architecture) The highest portion of an arch, including the keystone.

The upper, spreading part of a tree or shrub.

The part of a plant, usually at ground level, where the stem and roots merge.

The persistent, mostly underground base of a perennial herb.

See corona.

The crest of an animal, especially of a bird.

The portion of a cut gem above the girdle.

To put a crown or garland on the head of.

To invest with regal power; enthrone.

To confer honor, dignity, or reward upon.

To surmount or be the highest part of.

To form the crown, top, or chief ornament of.

To bring to completion or successful conclusion; consummate

(Dentistry) To put a crown on (a tooth).

(Games) To make (a piece in checkers that has reached the last row) into a king by placing another piece upon it.

(Informal) To hit on the head.

To reach a stage in labor when a large segment of the fetal scalp is visible at the vaginal orifice. Used of a fetus.

A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

(by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.

Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.

(metonym) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.

The state, the government (headed by a monarch).

The top part of something:

The topmost part of the head.

The highest part of a hill.

The top section of a hat, above the brim.

The raised centre of a road.

The highest part of an arch.

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

The dome of a furnace.

The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.

(architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.

Splendor; culmination; acme.

Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona.

(historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.

(botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.

(forestry) The top of a tree.

The part of a tooth above the gums.

(dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.

(nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling

(nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet

(nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

(paper) In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.

(paper) In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.

(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location

(medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina

(firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening

(geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.

A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.

The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.

Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.

Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.

To place a crown on the head of.

To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

To declare (someone) a winner.

(medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.

(transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.

To hit on the head.

(video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.

(board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.

(firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.

(military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

(nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.

(slang) being about to take a poop (usually trying to hold it in, derived from obstetric use: metaphor of "giving birth" to solid poo)

(archaic) crow

A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; - with the definite article.

Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

The topmost part of anything; the summit.

The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

The part of a hat above the brim.

The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

The vertex or top of an arch; - applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

Same as Corona.

That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

The dome of a furnace.

The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy;

The enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum

A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty

The part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head

An English coin worth 5 shillings

The upper branches and leaves of a tree

The top point of a mountain or hill;

The award given to the champion

The top of the head

The center of a cambered road

Invest with regal power; enthrone;

Be the culminating event;

Form the topmost part of;

Put an enamel cover on;