Pharaoh vs Empire - What's the difference?
pharaoh | empire |
The supreme ruler of ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the 'king' in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
(uncountable) The card game faro.
* 1945 , Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold
A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
A state ruled by an emperor.
An expansive and wealthy corporation.
As nouns the difference between pharaoh and empire
is that pharaoh is the supreme ruler of ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the 'king' in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty while empire is a political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.pharaoh
English
(wikipedia pharaoh)Alternative forms
* pharaoNoun
(en noun)- "I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.
Derived terms
* pharoah ant * pharaonicempire
English
(wikipedia empire)Noun
(en noun)- the McDonald's fast food empire
