2007-05-17 12:12:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The spelling is different.
2007-05-17 14:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by inactive account 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Britain had an Empire, the King was the styled as King Emperor. He was the King of England and Emperor of India/
2007-05-18 19:56:45 · answer #2 · answered by Alfie333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emperor is a higher rank than king. In the Christian world kings were crowned by archbishops and emperors could be crowned only by the Pope, if I remember correctly. Non-Catholic countries had different words for rulers, such as tenno (Japanese), sultan (Ottoman & Arabic), tsar (Russian), these are often translated either as emperor or as king.
Eric54: Kings can be rulers over several nations too. Most European countries in the Middle Ages were multiethnic.
2007-05-18 14:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by Annie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historically, the term emperor was used to refer to a leader who had other hereditary monarch under his dominion. For example, when the British monarch was Emperor of India, that was because there were several regional monarchies in India that were under his control.
Nowadays, the only world leader that uses the title Emperor is Akihito of Japan, and the title is essentially a relic from when the Japan was more powerful than it is today and had an empire.
2007-05-17 19:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kings rule Kingdoms, while Emperors rule Empires.
2007-05-17 19:20:59 · answer #5 · answered by levindis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both kings and emperors are monarchs. There is no single rule to distinguish the one from the other.
Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry: king
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ruler
Synonyms: baron, caesar, caliph, crowned head, czar, emperor, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, magnate, maharajah, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, rajah, rex, shah, sovereign, sultan, tycoon.
2007-05-17 20:35:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't belive some people think they are the same thing....
A king is a hereditary monarch over a soverign nation
An emporer is a monarch over a soverign nation and other, subserviant nations.
2007-05-18 02:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by eric54_20 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. People just use different terms for rulers.
2007-05-17 19:20:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres no difference. its just different terms for the same thing.
2007-05-17 19:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by sellatieeat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋