Royalty vs Aristocracy - What's the difference?
royalty | aristocracy |
The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property.
(by extension) payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
(poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
As nouns the difference between royalty and aristocracy
is that royalty is the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch while aristocracy is the nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.royalty
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(royalties)References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----