Lord vs. Ruler — What's the Difference?

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, a chief, or a ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are entitled to courtesy titles.

A ruler, sometimes called a rule or line gauge, is a device used in geometry and technical drawing, as well as the engineering and construction industries, to measure distances or draw straight lines.

A king.

One, such as a monarch or dictator, that rules or governs.

A territorial magnate.

A straightedged strip, as of wood or metal, for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths. Also called rule.

The proprietor of a manor.

A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Lords The House of Lords.

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount.

(transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

Used as the usual style for a baron.

One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis.

Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries

A person who rules or commands;

Used as a title for a bishop.

God.

(Christianity) Jesus.

A man of renowned power or authority.

A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.

(Archaic) The male head of a household.

(Archaic) A husband.

To insist upon or boast about so as to act in a domineering or superior manner

To act in a domineering or superior manner

To have a prominent or dominating position

To rule over

(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor

(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.

(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)

(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king

A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one

A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)

A magnate of a trade or profession.

(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.

A hunchback.

Sixpence.

Domineer or act like a lord.

(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

A hump-backed person; - so called sportively.

One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.

A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.

A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.

A husband.

One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

The Supreme Being; Jehovah.

The Savior; Jesus Christ.

To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.

To rule or preside over as a lord.

To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; - sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording it over their classmates.

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

A person who has general authority over others

A titled peer of the realm

Make a lord of someone