Monarchy vs. Tyranny — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Monarchy and Tyranny
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Definitions
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.
Tyranny
Cruel and oppressive government or rule
Refugees fleeing tyranny and oppression
Monarchy
Government by a monarch.
Tyranny
Unjust or oppressive governmental power
"He tended to see the Crown as the benign center of the empire and Parliament as the malevolent source of tyranny" (Gordon S. Wood).
Monarchy
A state ruled or headed by a monarch.
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Tyranny
A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power
People liberated from a brutal tyranny.
Monarchy
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).
An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.
Tyranny
The office, authority, or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler
Pisistratus held the tyranny of Athens.
Monarchy
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
Tyranny
The oppressive or unjust use of power
Parental tyranny.
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Monarchy
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.
Tyranny
A tyrannical act
Refused to submit to her husband's tyrannies.
Monarchy
States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
Tyranny
An oppressive or harshly limiting condition
The tyranny of social expectations.
Monarchy
A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
Tyranny
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
Monarchy
A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.
Tyranny
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
Monarchy
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
What scourage for perjuryCan this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.
Tyranny
Absolute power, or its use.
Monarchy
An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
Tyranny
A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
Tyranny
Extreme severity or rigour.
Tyranny
The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
"Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote needBe virtuous and hate tyranny."
Tyranny
Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster.
Tyranny
Severity; rigor; inclemency.
The tyranny of the open night's too roughFor nature to endure.
Tyranny
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Tyranny
Dominance through threat of punishment and violence
