The difference between Kingdom and Monarchy
When used as nouns, kingdom means a realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign, whereas monarchy means a government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
check bellow for the other definitions of Kingdom and Monarchy
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Kingdom as a noun:
A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
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Kingdom as a noun:
A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
Examples:
"the kingdom of thought"
"the kingdom of the dead"
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Kingdom as a noun (taxonomy):
A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
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Monarchy as a noun:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
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Monarchy as a noun:
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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Monarchy as a noun:
A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.