Pharaoh vs Potiphar - What's the difference?
pharaoh | potiphar |
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.
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(biblical) An Egyptian and captain of the guard under Pharaoh.
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As a noun 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.As a proper noun Potiphar is
an Egyptian and captain of the guard under Pharaoh.pharaoh
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(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 * pharaonicpotiphar
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar , an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.