King vs. Tyrant

Kingnoun

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

‘Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.’;

Tyrantnoun

A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.

Kingnoun

A powerful or majorly influential person.

Tyrantnoun

(obsolete) Any monarch or governor.

Kingnoun

Something that has a preeminent position.

‘In times of financial panic, cash is king.’;

Tyrantnoun

A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Kingnoun

A component of certain games.

Tyrantnoun

(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Kingnoun

(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.

Tyrantnoun

(by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Kingnoun

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

Tyrantnoun

The pl=s, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.

Kingnoun

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.

Tyrantadjective

(uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.

Kingnoun

A king skin.

‘Oi mate, have you got kings?’;

Tyrantverb

To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.

Kingnoun

A male dragonfly; a drake.

Tyrantverb

To tyrannize.

Kingnoun

A king-sized bed.

Tyrantnoun

An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.

Kingverb

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

Tyrantnoun

Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.

‘Love, to a yielding heart, is a king, but to a resisting, is a tyrant.’;

Kingverb

To rule over as king.

Tyrantnoun

Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidæ; - called also tyrant bird.

Kingverb

To perform the duties of a king.

Tyrantverb

To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; be to tyrannical.

Kingverb

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

Tyrantnoun

a cruel and oppressive dictator

Kingverb

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.

Tyrantnoun

in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

Kingverb

To dress and perform as a drag king.

Tyrantnoun

any person who exercises power in a cruel way;

‘his father was a tyrant’;

Kingnoun

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.

Tyrant

A tyrant (from Ancient Greek τύραννος, tyrannos), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defend their positions by resorting to repressive means.

Kingnoun

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

‘Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.’; ‘There was a State without king or nobles.’; ‘But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,Rejoicing in the east’;

Kingnoun

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.

Kingnoun

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

Kingnoun

The chief piece in the game of chess.

Kingnoun

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

Kingnoun

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

Kingverb

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

‘Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead.’;

Kingnoun

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Kingnoun

a competitor who holds a preeminent position

Kingnoun

a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

‘an oil baron’;

Kingnoun

preeminence in a particular category or group or field;

‘the lion is the king of beasts’;

Kingnoun

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

Kingnoun

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

Kingnoun

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

Kingnoun

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

Kingnoun

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

Kingnoun

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece

King

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.