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Viceroy vs Pharaoh - What's the difference?

viceroy | pharaoh |

As nouns the difference between viceroy and pharaoh

is that viceroy is one who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch while pharaoh is .

viceroy

English

(wikipedia viceroy)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
  • An orange and black North American butterfly (), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.

    • See also

    * governor-general, governor general * lord lieutenant

    pharaoh

    English

    (wikipedia pharaoh)

    Alternative forms

    * pharao

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The supreme ruler of ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the 'king' in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
  • (uncountable) The card game faro.
  • * 1945 , Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold
    • "I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.

    Derived terms

    * pharoah ant * pharaonic