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Potentate vs Kingpin - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between potentate and kingpin

is that potentate is a powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler while kingpin is the axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.

potentate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler
  • * 1592 , , Henry VI, Part I , act iii, scene 2
  • But Kings and mightie?t Potentates mu?t die,
    For that's the end of humane mi?erie.
  • * 1900 , , "Sister Carrie"
  • She was now one of a group of oriental beauties who, in the second act of the comic opera, were paraded by the vizier before the new potentate as the treasures of his harem.

    kingpin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (motorized vehicles) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.
  • The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
  • The most important person in an undertaking or organization.
  • The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
  • Synonyms

    * Most important person: big cheese, big enchilada, big tamale, big kahuna, bigwig, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, muckety muck, top banana, top dog, big noise

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