As nouns the difference between ruler and imam
is that ruler is a (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a rule; a straightedge with markings; a measure while imam is imam or imam can be .
ruler
English
(ruler)
Noun
(
en noun)
A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a rule; a straightedge with markings; a measure.
A person who rules or governs; a person who exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
Usage notes
In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inches) long. Used in contrast with "yardstick" and "meter stick."
Synonyms
* (measuring instrument) rule.
Hyponyms
* duke
* emperor
* Highness
* king
* queen
* grand duke
* prince
* princess
* monarch
* tyrant
* See also
imam
English
Alternative forms
* imaum
Quotations
* 1901': Now it chanced that in one of the mosques was an '''Imam . (''footnote:'' The person specially appointed to lead the prayers of the congregation and paid out of the endowed revenues of the mosque to which he is attached) — John Payne, ''Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
* 2001': But then there's a Christian cleric and an '''imam on each of the country's three regional censorship boards, in Kaduna, Lagos and Onitsha, although more than one producer told me that the brown envelope worked the same magic here as in any other Nigerian Government department. — ''London Review of Books, 10 May 2001
* 2004': In the 1980s, roughly six hundred young Algerian men, many of them protégés of Muslim Brothers from Egypt and Wahhabi '''imams from Saudi Arabia, went to Afghanistan to join the anti-Soviet jihad. — ''London Review of Books, 7 Oct 2004, p.3
Anagrams
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