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).


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  1. Kingdom as a noun:

    A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

  2. Kingdom as a noun:

    A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

    Examples:

    "the kingdom of thought"

    "the kingdom of the dead"

  3. 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).

  1. 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).

  2. Monarchy as a noun:

    The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

  3. 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.

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