Dethroned vs Deposed - What's the difference?
dethroned | deposed |
(dethrone)
To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
To remove any governing authority from power.
(depose)
(literally) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
* Woodword
To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
* Prynne
(legal) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
(legal) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
* Shakespeare
To take or swear an oath.
To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
* Francis Bacon
As verbs the difference between dethroned and deposed
is that dethroned is past tense of dethrone while deposed is past tense of depose.dethroned
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(head)dethrone
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(dethron)Derived terms
* dethronementSynonyms
* (forcibly remove a monarch ): depose * (remove governing authority from power ): bring down, depose, divest, overthrowAntonyms
* (forcibly remove a monarch ): coronate, crown, enthrone, king * (remove governing authority from power ): empower, install, invest, take officeSee also
* abdicate * coup d'etatdeposed
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*depose
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(depos)- additional mud deposed upon it
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
- After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- Depose him in the justice of his cause.
- to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands
