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Diadem vs Circlet - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between diadem and circlet

is that diadem is an ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty while circlet is a small circle.

As a verb diadem

is to adorn with a diadem; to crown.

diadem

English

(wikipedia diadem)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
  • A crown.
  • Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
  • (heraldry) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.

    • Derived terms

    * diadem lemur * diadem spider

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    circlet

    English

    (wikipedia circlet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small circle.
  • A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head
  • A crown without arches or a covering.
  • * Spenser
    • Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.
  • A round body; an orb.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • * Milton
    • Fairest of stars that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet .
  • (UK, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
    • (Halliwell)