despotic vs autocratic

despotic and autocratic both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
despotic	No	Yes	No	No
autocratic	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, despotic and autocratic are synonyms defined as:

despotic and autocratic: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

Other synonyms of despotic include authoritarian, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical.

despotic (adjective)	autocratic (adjective)
belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot	offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
ruled by or characteristic of a despot