The difference between Queen and Sovereign
When used as nouns, queen means a female monarch. example: , whereas sovereign means a monarch.
When used as verbs, queen means to make a queen, whereas sovereign means to rule over as a sovereign.
Sovereign is also adjective with the meaning: exercising power of rule.
check bellow for the other definitions of Queen and Sovereign
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Queen as a noun:
A female monarch. Example: .
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Queen as a noun:
The wife or widow of a king.
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Queen as a noun (chess):
The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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Queen as a noun (card games):
A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a given suit.
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Queen as a noun:
A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.
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Queen as a noun:
A powerful or forceful female person.
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Queen as a noun (LGBT, slang, often, derogatory):
An effeminate male homosexual.
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Queen as a noun:
A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
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Queen as a noun:
An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
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Queen as a noun:
A queen olive.
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Queen as a noun:
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp.)
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Queen as a verb:
To make a queen.
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Queen as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
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Queen as a verb (chess):
To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
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Queen as a verb (beekeeping):
To provide with a new queen.
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Queen as a verb (beekeeping):
To be the queen of a colony.
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Queen as a verb (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female):
To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
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Sovereign as an adjective:
Exercising power of rule.
Examples:
"sovereign nation"
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Sovereign as an adjective:
Exceptional in quality.
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Sovereign as an adjective (now, _, rare):
Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
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Sovereign as an adjective:
Having supreme, ultimate power.
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Sovereign as an adjective:
Princely; royal.
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Sovereign as an adjective:
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
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Sovereign as a noun:
A monarch; the ruler of a country.
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Sovereign as a noun:
One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
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Sovereign as a noun:
A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
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Sovereign as a noun:
A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.
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Sovereign as a noun:
Any butterfly of the tribe , or genus , as the and the viceroy.
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Sovereign as a noun (UK, slang):
A large, garish ring; a .
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Sovereign as a verb (transitive):
To rule over as a sovereign.