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

  1. Queen as a noun:

    A female monarch. Example: .

  2. Queen as a noun:

    The wife or widow of a king.

  3. Queen as a noun (chess):

    The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

  4. 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.

  5. Queen as a noun:

    A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.

  6. Queen as a noun:

    A powerful or forceful female person.

  7. Queen as a noun (LGBT, slang, often, derogatory):

    An effeminate male homosexual.

  8. Queen as a noun:

    A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

  9. Queen as a noun:

    An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.

  10. Queen as a noun:

    A queen olive.

  11. Queen as a noun:

    A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp.)

  1. Queen as a verb:

    To make a queen.

  2. Queen as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To act the part of a queen; to queen it.

  3. Queen as a verb (chess):

    To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.

  4. Queen as a verb (beekeeping):

    To provide with a new queen.

  5. Queen as a verb (beekeeping):

    To be the queen of a colony.

  6. Queen as a verb (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female):

    To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.

  1. Sovereign as an adjective:

    Exercising power of rule.

    Examples:

    "sovereign nation"

  2. Sovereign as an adjective:

    Exceptional in quality.

  3. Sovereign as an adjective (now, _, rare):

    Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).

  4. Sovereign as an adjective:

    Having supreme, ultimate power.

  5. Sovereign as an adjective:

    Princely; royal.

  6. Sovereign as an adjective:

    Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

  1. Sovereign as a noun:

    A monarch; the ruler of a country.

  2. Sovereign as a noun:

    One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.

  3. 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.

  4. Sovereign as a noun:

    A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.

  5. Sovereign as a noun:

    Any butterfly of the tribe , or genus , as the and the viceroy.

  6. Sovereign as a noun (UK, slang):

    A large, garish ring; a .

  1. Sovereign as a verb (transitive):

    To rule over as a sovereign.