Ringleader vs Overlord - What's the difference?
ringleader | overlord | Related terms |
a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group
a person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang
* The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
* (1590): William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2 : A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...
A ruler of other rulers.
Anyone with overarching power or authority in a given domain.
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As nouns the difference between ringleader and overlord
is that ringleader is a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group while overlord is a ruler of other rulers.ringleader
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(en noun)overlord
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(en noun)- The various tribal chieftains met each spring to elect an overlord that would lead them in time of war.
- The crusty old professor was overlord of the history department, and few dared to cross his will.