Crown vs Crest - What's the difference?
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A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
(heraldry) A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry
A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
(label) Any reward of victory or a mark of honor.
Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
* Blackstone
The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
* Macaulay
The topmost part of the head.
* Shakespeare
* Bunyan
The highest part of a hill.
* Dryden
The top section of a hat, above the brim.
The raised centre of a road.
The highest part of an arch.
Splendor; culmination; acme.
* Milton
Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone
# (historical) Particularly, a former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
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#*:Half-a-crown'' is known as an (alderman), (half a bull), (half a tusheroon), and a (madza caroon); whilst a ''crown'' piece, or ''five shillings , may be called either a (bull), or a (caroon), or a (cartwheel), or a (coachwheel), or a (thick-un), or a (tusheroon).
(botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
(forestry) The top of a tree.
(anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
(dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
(nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
(nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
(nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
(nautical, in the plural) The bights formed by the turns of a cable.
(paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
(medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina
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(firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
The dome of a furnace.
(geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
(African-American colloquialism) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; elliptical for church crown.
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*:"His [Barack Obama's] unofficial slogan 'fired up and ready to go!' was borrowed from an 'old lady in a church crown [Sunday best hat]."
Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
To place a crown on the head of.
To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
* Dryden
To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
* Bible, Psalms viii. 5
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
* Byron
* Motley
To declare (someone) a winner.
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(medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
To hit on the head.
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, chapter=6 (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
(board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
(firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
(military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
(nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
(heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
The ridge or top of a wave.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
The top line of a slope or embankment.
A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
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Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
* Shakespeare
* Wordsworth
To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
* Spenser
In heraldry terms the difference between crown and crest
is that crown is a representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry while crest is : A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.As nouns the difference between crown and crest
is that crown is a royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem while crest is a tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.As verbs the difference between crown and crest
is that crown is to place a crown on the head of while crest is particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.As an adjective crown
is of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.As a proper noun Crown
is the sovereign, in a monarchic country.crown
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) coroune, curune, (etyl) corone (French couronne), from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown .
- Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown .
- Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown .
- From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
- Twenty things which I set down: / This done, I twenty more had in my crown .
- the steepy crown of the bare mountains
- mutual love, the crown of all our bliss
- (Totten)
- You will see the baby's head crowning during contractions, at which time you must prepare to assist the mother in the delivery of the baby.
Synonyms
* (reward of victory or a mark of honor) award, garland, honor/honour, prize, wreath * coronet * (representation of such a headdress) * (wreath or band for the head) garland, wreath * (imperial or regal power) monarchy, royalty * (of the head) apex, top * (of a hill) apex, peak, summit, top * (centre of a road) * (highest part of an arch) * (of a hat) top * completion, culmination, finish, splendor/splendour * (currency) * (British coin) caser, tusheroon, tush, tosheroon, tosh, bull, caroon, thick-un, coachwheel, cartwheel * (part of plant) * corona *Antonyms
* (of a hill) base, bottom, footDerived terms
* crown achievement * crown cactus * crown colony * Crown Court * crowned pigeon * crown estate * crown ether * crown fire * crown flower * crown gall * crown grafting * crown green * crown green bowls * crown lands * crown mammal * crown jewels, Crown Jewels * crown of thorns * crown prince * crown princess * crown ward * crown wheel * firecrown * forecrown * half-crown * nanocrown * plea of the crown * triple crownAdjective
(-)- crown prince
- a crown fire
Verb
(en verb)- Her who fairest does appear, / Crown her queen of all the year.
- Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- the grove that crowns yon tufted hill
- To crown the whole, came a proposition.
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Derived terms
* crownedSee also
* coronationEtymology 2
crest
English
(wikipedia crest)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}
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Synonyms
* (skin on head of birds) comb, cockscombCoordinate terms
* (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattleVerb
(en verb)- His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.
- groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow
- Like as the shining sky in summer's night, / Is crested with lines of fiery light.