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Strongman vs Despot - What's the difference?

strongman | despot |

As nouns the difference between strongman and despot

is that strongman is a performer who demonstrates feats of strength while despot is despot.

strongman

English

Noun

(strongmen)
  • A performer who demonstrates feats of strength.
  • A man who competes in contests of physical strength.
  • A forceful or brutal person, usually applied to a ruler or tyrant.

    • despot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
  • (label) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

    • Derived terms

    * despotate * despotism

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