Lord vs. Sire — 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 respectful form of address for someone of high social status, especially a king.

A king.

Sire is a respectful form of address for reigning kings in Europe. It is used in Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

A territorial magnate.

The male parent of an animal, especially a stallion or bull kept for breeding

The proprietor of a manor.

Be the male parent of (an animal)

Lords The House of Lords.

A biological father.

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

The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.

Used as the usual style for a baron.

The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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

(Archaic) A male ancestor; a forefather.

Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries

(Archaic) A gentleman of rank.

Used as a title for a bishop.

(Archaic) Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.

God.

To be the biological father of (a child).

(Christianity) Jesus.

To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction

A man of renowned power or authority.

A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.

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

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

(Archaic) The male head of a household.

(obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.

(Archaic) A husband.

(obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

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

To father; to beget.

To act in a domineering or superior manner

A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.

To have a prominent or dominating position

A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.

To rule over

A father; the head of a family; the husband.

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

A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

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

The male parent of a beast; - applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.

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

To beget; to procreate; - used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

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)

A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

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

The founder of a family;

A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one

Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

Make children;

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