King vs. Duke: What's the Difference?

A male sovereign.

A nobleman with the highest hereditary rank, especially a man of the highest grade of the peerage in Great Britain.

One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere

A sovereign prince who rules an independent duchy in some European countries.

A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event

Used as the title for such a nobleman.

Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.

Dukes(Slang) The fists

Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.

(Botany) A type of cherry intermediate between a sweet and a sour cherry.

A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward.

To fight, especially with fists

Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

A king-size bed.

The sovereign of a small state.

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.

A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

Of or relating to a king-size bed

A grand duke.

To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

A fist.

A powerful or majorly influential person.

To hit or beat with the fists.

Something that has a preeminent position.

To give cash to; to give a tip to.

A component of certain games.

A leader; a chief; a prince.

(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.

In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.

(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.

A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.

The fists; as, put up your dukes.

The central pin or skittle in bowling games.

To play the duke.

A king skin.

To beat with the fists.

A male dragonfly; a drake.

A British peer of the highest rank

A king-sized bed.

A nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

To crown king, to make (a person) king.

To rule over as king.

To perform the duties of a king.

To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.

To dress and perform as a drag king.

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.

The chief piece in the game of chess.

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.

A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

A competitor who holds a preeminent position

A very wealthy or powerful businessman;

Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

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

One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece