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Empress vs Goddess - What's the difference?

empress | goddess |

As nouns the difference between empress and goddess

is that empress is the female monarch (ruler) of an empire while goddess is a female deity.

As proper nouns the difference between empress and goddess

is that empress is a village in Alberta, Canada while Goddess is the single goddess of various monotheistic religions.

As a verb empress

is alternative form of lang=en.

empress

English

(Emperor)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) emperice, emperesse, from (etyl) and (etyl) emperiz, emperesse, from (etyl) imperatrix.

Noun

(es)
  • The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
  • The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah).
  • (label) A female chimpanzee.
    • Related terms
    * emperor

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)

    • goddess

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (religion) A female deity.
  • (figuratively) A human female honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.

    • Derived terms

    * goddess-ship

    Hypernyms

    * deity, divinity, god * woman

    See also

    * heaven