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Royalty vs Presidency - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between royalty and presidency

is that royalty is the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch while presidency is the office or role of president.

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 ----

    presidency

    English

    Noun

    (presidencies)
  • The office or role of president.
    • After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency .
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  • The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
    • Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.
  • The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
    • In France, a presidency lasts for five years.
    Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.