Lord vs Knight - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between lord and knight

is that lord is to invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord while knight is to confer knighthood upon.

As nouns the difference between lord and knight

is that lord is the master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor while knight is a warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.

As verbs the difference between lord and knight

is that lord is domineer or act like a lord while knight is to confer knighthood upon.

As proper nouns the difference between lord and knight

is that lord is the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures, God the Father; the Godhead while Knight is an English status surname for someone who was a mounted soldier.

As an interjection Lord

is An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.

lord
English
(Lord)
Noun
(en noun)
(label) The master of the servants of a household; (label) the master of a feudal manor

*c. 950 , (Lindisfarne Gospels), Matt. xxiv. 46

*:Eadig ðe]] ðone miððy cymes hlaferd his on-fand sua [[doing, doende.

*1611 , (King James Bible), Matt. xxiv. 46

*:Ble??ed]] is that finde [[so, ?o doing.

*1600 , (William Shakespeare), , iii. ii. 167 ff.

*:Por . ...But now, I was the Lord

*:of this faire man?ion]], of my [[servants, ?eruants,

*:Queene]] oer [[myself, my ?elfe...

*1794 , E. Christian in (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England) , II. 418

*:Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.

#(label) The male head of a household, a father or husband.

#*831 , charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts , 445

#*:Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.

#*1594 , (William Shakespeare), "(The Rape of Lucrece)"

#*:...thou worthie Lord ,

#*:Of that vnworthie]] wife that [[greets, greeteth thee

#*c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), (The Taming of the Shrew) (1623), v. ii. 131 f.

#*:Pet. Katherine , I charge thee, tell the?e]] [[head-strong, head-?trong women,

#*:What dutie]] they doe owe their Lords and [[husbands, hu?bands!

#*1611 , (King James Bible), Gen. xviii. 12

#*:Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe]], , my lord being old [[also, al?o?

#*1816 , (Jane Austen), , III. xvi. 300

#*:Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.

#(label) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

#*ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 601 f.

#*:Als]] oure lauerd has [[heaven, heuen in hand

#*:Sua]] [[should, suld man be lauerd of land.

#*1480 , Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316

#*:All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte]] [[their, thar houses.

#*ante'' 1637 , (Ben Jonson), ''Sad Shepherd , ii. i. 36

#*:A mightie Lord of Swine!

#*1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro)'s Æneis , xii

#*:Turnus...

#*:Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;

#*:And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord .

#*1874 , J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2

#*:Lord''''', the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘' lord ’.

One possessing similar mastery over others; (label) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler

*c. 893 , Orosius's History , i. i. §13

*:Ohthere sæde his hlaforde , Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...

* 1530 , John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement , 680/1

It is a pytuouse]] case... whan subjectes rebell [[against, agaynst their naturall lorde .

* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , xii. 70

Man over men He made not Lord .

# (label) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king

# A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one

#* ante 1375 , William of Palerne (1867), l.4539

To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat]] [[land, lond.

#* ante'' 1420 , T. Hoccleve, ''De Regimine Principum , 442

Men myghten lordis knowe

By there]] arraye, from [[other, oþir folke.

#* 1453 , Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2

If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord , as Duc]], Marques, Erle, Viscount or [[baron, Baron.

#* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (The life and death of King Richard the Second) , iv.i.18

Princes, and noble Lords :

What an?wer]] I make to this [[base, ba?e man?

#* 1614 , J. Selden, Titles of Honor , 59

Our English name Lord , whereby we and the Scots stile]] all such as are of the Greater [[nobility, Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.

#* 1900 July 21, Daily Express , 5/7

The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord .

# A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

#* 1526 , W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection , i. sig. Bviiiv

Farre]] excellyng the state of lordes , erles, dukes or [[kings, kynges.

#* 1826 , (Benjamin Disraeli), Vivian Grey , II. iii. iii. 26

The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.

One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)

* ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 782

O wityng bath]] [[good, god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.

* 1398 , John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322

The sonne]] is the lorde of [[planets, planetes.

1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro) as (Georgics) , iii

Love is Lord of all.

* 1992 November 18, (Larry David), (Seinfeld) , 4.11: "(The Contest)":

But are you still master of your domain?

I am king of the county. You?

Lord of the manor.

# The magnates of a trade or profession

#* 1823 , W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399

Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!

(label) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time,

* (Geoffrey Chaucer), Treatise on the Astrolabe , ii. §4:

The assendent]], & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan hows of the [[ascendant, assendent.

A hunchback.

*1699 , B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew :

Lord , a very crooked, deformed... Person.

Sixpence.

* 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement , 782/1:

Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord ’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.

Derived terms
* lord mesne, lord paramount, lord in gross, lord of the manor * House of Lords, Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual * drunk as a lord * lord-in-waiting, lord of the bedchamber, lord superior * lords of creation * warlord * landlord * lord-fish
Synonyms
* drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign
See also
* lady
Verb
(en verb)
Domineer or act like a lord.

(label) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.

(Shakespeare)

Derived terms
* lord it over
References
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knight
English
(wikipedia knight)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) knight, kniht, from (etyl) cniht, cneht, ‘to ball up, pinch, compress’.
Noun
(en noun)
A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Synonyms
* (chess piece) horse (rare)
Derived terms
* knight adventurer * knight adventurous * knightage * Knight Bachelor, knight bachelor * knight-bairn * knight-banneret * knight baronet * knight brother * knight caligate of arms * knight-cross * knight-errant * knightess * knightfully * knight-head * knighthood * knightify * knight in shining armor, knight in shining armour * knightless * knightling * knightly * Knight Marshal, knight-marshal * knight-money * knight of adventurers * knight of arms * Knight of Grace * knight of industry, knight of the industry * Knight of Justice * Knight of Malta * Knight of Parliament * Knight of Rhodes * knight of St Crispin * Knight of St John * knight of the carpet * knight of the chamber * Knight of the Bath * knight of the blade * knight of the brush * knight of the cleaver * knight of the collar * Knight of the Commonty * knight of the cue * knight of the elbow * knight of the field * Knight of the Garter * knight of the grammar * knight of the knife * knight of the needle * knight of the order of the fork * knight of the pen * knight of the pencil * knight of the pestle * knight of the post * knight of the quill * knight of the rainbow * knight of the road * Knight of the Round Table * Knight of the Rueful Countenance * knight of the shears * Knight of the Shire * knight of the spigot * Knight of the Spur * knight of the square flag * knight of the stick * knight of the thimble * Knight of the Thistle * knight of the vapour * knight of the wheel * knight of the whip * knight of the whipping-post * Knight of Windsor * Knights of Columbus * Knights of Labor * Knights of Pythias * knight's cross * knight-service * knight's fee * knightship * knight's milfoil * knight's move * knight's pondwort * knight's progress * knight's star * knight's water-sengreen * knight's wort * knight's woundwort * Knight Templar * knight wager * knight-weed * knight-wife * Military Knight of Windsor * Naval Knights of Windsor * (l)
See also
* *
Etymology 2
From (etyl) knighten, , from the noun. Cognate with (etyl) knehten.
Verb
(en verb)
To confer knighthood upon.

The king knighted the young squire .

(chess) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Synonyms
* dub
Derived terms
* knighted * knighting
See also
* paladin * baronet ----