Royal vs Union - What's the difference?
royal | union |
Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
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Having the air or demeanour of a monarch.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
(nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
(boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
(informal) (Used as an intensifier).
A royal person; a member of a royal family.
(paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
(dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
(nautical) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
An old English gold coin, the rial.
(military) A small mortar.
(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
(uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
(countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
(countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
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, title= (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
(countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
(countable) The act or state of marriage.
(uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
(countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
A large, high-quality pearl.
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As nouns the difference between royal and union
is that royal is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc while union is union (action and result).As a proper noun royal
is .As an adjective royal
is (used in terms of address or reference to members of a royal family).royal
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Alternative forms
* roial (obsolete), roiall (obsolete), royall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].
- How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
- royal''' mast; '''royal sail
- a royal pain in the neck
Synonyms
* (of a monarch) kingly (of a king), monarchical, princely (of a prince), queenly (of a queen), regal * (sense, having a monarch's air) majestic, stately, regal * (informal intensifier) majorDerived terms
* give the royal treatment * rhyme royal * Royal * royal albatross * royal family * royal flush * royalist * royal jelly * royal kite * royally * royal moth * royal spoonbill * royal walnut * royal walnut moth * royal tennis * royalty * royal we * royal weddingNoun
(en noun)See also
(Other semantically related terms) * emperor * imperial * king * monarch * prince * princess * queenAnagrams
* English intensifiers ----union
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Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
- Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, andan union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […].
