Throne vs Throb - What's the difference?
throne | throb |
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
* Tennyson
(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
(music) A type of stool used by drummers.
(figuratively) The leadership.
(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
(archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
To pound or beat rapidly or violently
To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
# (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
A beating, vibration or palpitation
{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2
, My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs , presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country}}
As nouns the difference between throne and throb
is that throne is while throb is a beating, vibration or palpitation.As a verb throb is
to pound or beat rapidly or violently.throne
English
(Thrones)Noun
(en noun)- Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
- To mould a mighty state's decrees, / And shape the whisper of the throne .
- Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing.
Derived terms
* power behind the throne * thronal * throneshipVerb
(thron)- True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.