King vs. Tyrant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between King and Tyrant
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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.
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.
King
A male sovereign.
Tyrant
An extremely oppressive, unjust, or cruel ruler.
King
One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere
"In many countries, soccer is the king of sports" (Cameron W. Barr).
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Tyrant
An absolute ruler who governs without restrictions, especially one who seized power illegally.
King
A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event
A homecoming king.
Tyrant
An oppressive, harsh, arbitrary person
My boss is a tyrant.
King
Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.
Tyrant
A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
King
Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.
Tyrant
(obsolete) Any monarch or governor.
King
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.
Tyrant
A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
King
Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.
Tyrant
(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
King
A king-size bed.
Tyrant
(by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
King
Principal or chief, as in size or importance.
Tyrant
The pl=s, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
King
Of or relating to a king-size bed
King sheets.
A king bed skirt.
Tyrant
(uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
King
To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.
Tyrant
To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.
King
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
Tyrant
To tyrannize.
King
A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
Tyrant
An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.
King
Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.
Tyrant
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.
King
A component of certain games.
Tyrant
Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidæ; - called also tyrant bird.
King
(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.
Tyrant
To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; be to tyrannical.
King
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
Tyrant
A cruel and oppressive dictator
King
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.
Tyrant
In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
King
The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
Tyrant
Any person who exercises power in a cruel way;
His father was a tyrant
King
A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?
King
A male dragonfly; a drake.
King
A king-sized bed.
King
The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
King
(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
King
To crown king, to make (a person) king.
King
To rule over as king.
King
To perform the duties of a king.
King
To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
King
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.
King
To dress and perform as a drag king.
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.
King
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
King
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.
King
A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.
King
The chief piece in the game of chess.
King
A crowned man in the game of draughts.
King
The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
King
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.
King
A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
King
A competitor who holds a preeminent position
King
A very wealthy or powerful businessman;
An oil baron
King
Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;
The lion is the king of beasts
King
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
King
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
King
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
King
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
King
One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
King
(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
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