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Faithful vs Royalty - What's the difference?

faithful | royalty |

As nouns the difference between faithful and royalty

is that faithful is the practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause while royalty is the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

As an adjective faithful

is loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

faithful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
    • My dog is a very faithful dog.
  • having faith
    • Some people are faithful to their god.
  • reliable; worthy of trust
    • My servant is very faithful .
  • consistent with reality
    • I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
  • engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner
    • They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.

    Derived terms

    * faithfully * faithfulness

    See also

    * go to the wall for someone * stand by * true

    Noun

    (-)
  • The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
    • The faithful pray five times a day.

    royalty

    English

    Noun

    (royalties)
  • The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
  • People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
  • A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right
  • The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property.
  • (by extension) payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
  • (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em

    • References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----