Czar vs. Monarch — What's the Difference?

Also tsar or tzar (zär, tsär) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.

A monarch is a head of state for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power in the state, or others may wield that power on behalf of the monarch.

A person having great power or authority

A sole and absolute ruler.

Alternative spelling of tsar{{q}}

A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority

An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.

One that commands or rules

A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia.

One that surpasses others in power or preeminence

A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

A monarch butterfly.

A person having great power

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.

(Aboriginal English) A police officer.

(often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.

The chief or best thing of its kind.

Any bird of the family Monarchidae.

A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.

One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.

A patron deity or presiding genius.

A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); - called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.

Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling.

A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed