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Despot vs Tyran - What's the difference?

despot | tyran |

Tyran is a synonym of despot.



As nouns the difference between despot and tyran

is that despot is a ruler with absolute power; a tyrant while tyran is obsolete form of tyrant.

despot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
  • (label) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

    • Derived terms

    * despotate * despotism

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    tyran

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Spenser
    • Lordly love is such a tyran fell.
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