king vs monarch

monarch vs king

king and monarch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
king	Yes	No	No	No
monarch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, monarch is a hypernym of king; that is, monarch is a word with a broader meaning than king:

king: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
monarch: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Other hypernyms of king include adult male, man, crowned head, sovereign.

king (noun)	monarch (noun)
(chess) the weakest but the most important piece	large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king	a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
a very wealthy or powerful businessman
a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
the husband or widower of a queen
preeminence in a particular category or group or field

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