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Thorned vs Throned - What's the difference?

thorned | throned |

As verbs the difference between thorned and throned

is that thorned is (thorn) while throned is (throne).

As an adjective thorned

is containing thorns.

thorned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (thorn)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • containing thorns
  • * {{quote-book, year=1914, author=John Symonds, title=Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla ) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1863, author=Various, title=The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=January 19, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Green Streets, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long. }}

    Anagrams

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    throned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (throne)

    • Anagrams

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    throne

    English

    (Thrones)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ornate seat a king or queen sits on for formal occasions, usually placed on a raised dais in the throne room.
  • * He approached the throne reverently.
  • The formal position of a sovereign.
  • * Bible, Genesis xli. 40
    • Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
  • * Tennyson
    • To mould a mighty state's decrees, / And shape the whisper of the throne .
  • (colloquial) The lavatory or toilet.
  • * She’s on the throne .
  • (Biblical tradition) The third highest order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
  • * Young
    • Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing.
  • (music) A type of stool used by drummers.
  • (figuratively) The leadership.

    • Derived terms

    * power behind the throne * thronal * throneship

    Verb

    (thron)
  • (archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
  • (archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
  • * (rfdate) Milton
    • True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
  • (archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

    • See also

    * ophan

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