Royalty vs Tyranny - What's the difference?
royalty | tyranny |
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
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
Absolute power, or its use.
Extreme severity or rigour.
As nouns the difference between royalty and tyranny
is that royalty is the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch while tyranny is a government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.royalty
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* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----
