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What is the difference between leadership and throne?

leadership | throne |

As nouns the difference between leadership and throne

is that leadership is the capacity of someone to lead while throne is the ornate seat a king or queen sits on for formal occasions, usually placed on a raised dais in the throne room.

As a verb throne is

(archaic) to place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

leadership

Noun

(en noun)
  • the capacity of someone to lead
  • a group of leaders
  • * {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?}}
  • (dated) The office or status of a leader.
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    throne

    English

    (Thrones)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ornate seat a king or queen sits on for formal occasions, usually placed on a raised dais in the throne room.
  • * He approached the throne reverently.
  • The formal position of a sovereign.
  • * Bible, Genesis xli. 40
  • Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
  • * Tennyson
  • To mould a mighty state's decrees, / And shape the whisper of the throne .
  • (colloquial) The lavatory or toilet.
  • * She’s on the throne .
  • (Biblical tradition) The third highest order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
  • * Young
  • Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing.
  • (music) A type of stool used by drummers.
  • (figuratively) The leadership.
  • Derived terms

    * power behind the throne * thronal * throneship

    Verb

    (thron)
  • (archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
  • (archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
  • * (rfdate) Milton
  • True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
  • (archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
  • See also

    * ophan

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