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Pharaoh vs Kingdom - What's the difference?

pharaoh | kingdom |

As nouns the difference between pharaoh and kingdom

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 kingdom is a nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.

pharaoh

English

(wikipedia pharaoh)

Alternative forms

* pharao

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
    • "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 * pharaonic

    kingdom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)

    • Derived terms

    * animal kingdom * Kingdom of Heaven * kingdom come * Kingdom County * plant kingdom * vegetable kingdom

    See also

    * monarchy