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Paragon vs Emperor - What's the difference?

paragon | emperor |

As nouns the difference between paragon and emperor

is that paragon is a person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model of some given (especially positive) quality while emperor is the male monarch or ruler of an empire.

As a verb paragon

is to compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.

paragon

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model of some given (especially positive) quality.
  • In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Man, the paragon of animals!
  • * Emerson
  • The riches of sweet Mary's son, / Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon .
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister
    (Spenser)
  • (obsolete) Comparison; competition.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ix:
  • good by paragone / Of euill, may more notably be rad, / As white seemes fairer, macht with blacke attone [...].
  • (typography) A size of type between great primer and double pica.
  • A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
  • (Sir Philip Sidney)
  • To compare with; to equal; to rival.
  • (Spenser)
  • * Glover
  • In arms anon to paragon the morn, / The morn new rising.
  • To serve as a model for; to surpass.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description and wild fame.
  • To be equal; to hold comparison.
  • emperor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * emperour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
  • (medieval political theory ) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
  • The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
  • A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
  • * 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
  • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors , etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles

    Usage notes

    * An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.

    Derived terms

    * emperor goose * emperor moth * emperor paper * emperor penguin * little emperor

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