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Coronate vs Colonate - What's the difference?

coronate | colonate |

As a verb coronate

is to crown a sovereign; to invest a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

As an adjective coronate

is having or wearing a crown.

As a noun colonate is

a peasant, in ancient rome, who was legally tied to the land, but could not be bought or sold.

coronate

English

Verb

(coronat)
  • To crown a sovereign; to invest a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

    • Derived terms

    * coronation

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having or wearing a crown.
  • (zoology) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
  • (zoology) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.
  • (zoology, of a spiral shell) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.

    • colonate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A peasant, in Ancient Rome, who was legally tied to the land, but could not be bought or sold