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Kinglet vs Ringlet - What's the difference?

kinglet | ringlet |

As nouns the difference between kinglet and ringlet

is that kinglet is a petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory while ringlet is a small ring.

kinglet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
  • *, I.42:
    • Cæsar'' termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in ''France , to be Kinglets [tr. (reguli)], or pettie Kings.
  • * 1951 , (Isaac Asimov), publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161:
    • “My son hears tales. In the viceroy’s personal entourage, one could scarcely help it. And he tells me of them. Our new viceroy would not refuse the Crown if offered, but he guards his line of retreat. There are stories that, failing Imperial heights, he plans to carve out a new Empire in the Barbarian hinterland. It is said, but I don’t vouch for this, that he has already given one of his daughters as wife to a Kinglet somewhere in the uncharted Periphery.”
  • A bird of the crest family (Regulidae).

    • ringlet

    English

    (wikipedia ringlet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small ring.
  • A lock, tress.
    • Her hair was in ringlets .
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
  • A brown butterfly with numerous small rings on under wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as .