King vs. Tsar — 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.

Tsar ( or ), also spelled czar, tzar, or csar, is a title used to designate East and South Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers of Eastern Europe, originally the Bulgarian monarchs from 10th century onwards, much later a title for two rulers of the Serbian Empire, and from 1547 the supreme ruler of the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire. In this last capacity it lends its name to a system of government, tsarist autocracy or tsarism.

A male sovereign.

An emperor of Russia before 1917

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

A person appointed by government to advise on and coordinate policy in a particular area

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

Variant of czar. See Usage Note at czar.

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

(historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

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

(figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.

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.

The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.

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

A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

A king-size bed.

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.

Of or relating to a king-size bed

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

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 powerful or majorly influential person.

Something that has a preeminent position.

A component of certain games.

(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.

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

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.

The central pin or skittle in bowling games.

A king skin.

A male dragonfly; a drake.

A king-sized bed.

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

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

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

To rule over as king.

To perform the duties of a king.

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

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.

To dress and perform as a drag king.

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.

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