King vs. Royalty — What's the Difference?

King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.

People of royal blood or status

A male sovereign.

A sum paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author or composer for each copy of a book sold or for each public performance of a work

One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere

A royal right (now especially over minerals) granted by the sovereign to an individual or corporation.

A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event

Monarchs and their families considered as a group.

Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.

A person of royal rank or family

Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.

The rank, power, or authority of a monarch

A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward.

Royal quality or bearing.

Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

A kingdom or possession ruled by a monarch.

A king-size bed.

A right or prerogative of the crown, as that of receiving a percentage of the proceeds from mines in the royal domain.

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.

The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.

Of or relating to a king-size bed

The payment for such a right.

To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.

A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of their work.

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or proprietor for the right to use their invention or services.

A powerful or majorly influential person.

A share of the profit or product reserved by the grantor, especially of an oil or mining lease. In this sense also called override.

Something that has a preeminent position.

The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

A component of certain games.

People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.

(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.

A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.

(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.

(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.

The central pin or skittle in bowling games.

(figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.

A king skin.

A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

A male dragonfly; a drake.

The bounds of a royal burgh.

A king-sized bed.

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.

(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

An emblem of royalty; - usually in the plural, meaning regalia.

To crown king, to make (a person) king.

Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

To rule over as king.

Domain; province; sphere.

To perform the duties of a king.

That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.

To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.

Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.

To dress and perform as a drag king.

Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property;

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

Royal persons collectively;

A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.

The chief piece in the game of chess.

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.

A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

A competitor who holds a preeminent position

A very wealthy or powerful businessman;

Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

A checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece