What's the difference between prince and princeling?

Prince


Definition:

  • (a.) The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
  • (a.) The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood.
  • (a.) A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.
  • (a.) The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players.
  • (v. i.) To play the prince.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Crown prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz said yesterday that the state had "spared no effort" to avoid such disasters but added that "it cannot stop what God has preordained.
  • (2) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
  • (3) Bringing the Prince of Wales into service “will involve very considerable additional costs, additional manpower, extra aircraft and the considerable amount of support and protection needed to make it viable”, say the MPs.
  • (4) The Duke of Gloucester will go to the British Virgin Islands and Malta, while the Falkland Islands – where Prince William will be serving briefly as a helicopter pilot in the spring – will receive an official visit from the Duke of Kent, who will also go to Uganda.
  • (5) His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi The Crown Prince is a leading champion in the Middle East for improving child health.
  • (6) Prince was named after his father's own stage persona, and when his parents split up he became determined to better his dad on piano.
  • (7) Speaking for the first time since the Qatari royal family abandoned his plans to build 552 new homes on the site of ­Chelsea barracks, Rogers called for a national inquiry into whether the prince has a constitutional right to become involved in matters such as planning applications which have economic, political and social ramifications.
  • (8) Prince Fielder is up next and he grounds out to first.
  • (9) 31 October TB met the Prince of Wales after he took Prince William hunting.
  • (10) When he was prime minister Tony Blair asked Peter Mandelson to tell the Prince of Wales to stop his "unhelpful" attempts to influence policy on GM and Mandelson accused him of being "anti-scientific and irresponsible".
  • (11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cream (1991) was Prince’s fifth US No 1 hit single His profile boosted by Sinéad O’Connor’s version of his song Nothing Compares 2 U, Prince embarked on another film and music project with Graffiti Bridge.
  • (12) The prince's spokesman, asked about the effect of the judge's ruling, gave a different reason to the duchy for the estate not paying corporation tax.
  • (13) Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have enlisted a rapper, a Royal Marine and a Labour spin doctor to try to push stigma about discussing mental health beyond what they believe is a “tipping point” and into public acceptability.
  • (14) May pointedly highlighted the latest reform effort, Vision 2030, promoted by the deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, the hawkish defence minister who oversees the Saudi campaign in Yemen.
  • (15) Grieve said the correspondence contains the prince’s “most deeply held personal views and beliefs” and disclosure might undermine his “position of political neutrality”.
  • (16) Formerly Communications secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales.
  • (17) He is not getting enough games at the Parc des Princes, apparently.
  • (18) Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, offered the prince some backing by claiming that many in Britain shared the prince's concern about Putin and his actions in Ukraine.
  • (19) Prince began ambushing fans in February this year, playing his first big shows since 1995 as he took over arenas in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds as well as intimate venues in London and Manchester.
  • (20) He shared platforms with the Prince of Wales and, in 2008, spoke at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies on the value of dialogue between civilisations.

Princeling


Definition:

  • (n.) A petty prince; a young prince.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The wealthiest people in the world – especially the oil-rich princelings of the Middle East – want to live in the capital as it is secure, large enough to permit anonymity, culturally diverse, and conveniently situated for global business.
  • (2) Zhang Dejiang Bo's replacement is another "princeling", whose father was a general.
  • (3) Some think the red culture drive makes the rise of "princelings" such as Bo – the children of revolutionary leaders – look less like inherited opportunity and more like the continuation of a glorious tradition.
  • (4) In advance of Merkel's visit, the British media stressed the plethora of Anglo-German anniversaries coming up this year: 100 years since the start of the first world war, 200 years since the British and Prussians united to defeat Napoleon, and 300 years since a German princeling became King George I.
  • (5) So his opponents are quick to dub him a Labour princeling, a "quangocrat" who has been too quick to exploit the looming reorganisation of five local NHS hospitals.
  • (6) Chinese media is not real media, it’s just part of the propaganda apparatus – and its goal is to push this cult of personality.” Xi is a princeling, as the powerful offspring of China’s revolutionary founders are known, but on Wednesday he became a king.
  • (7) We know that he has enjoyed the support of the "Shanghai faction", which used to run China and is well-connected with fellow princelings and younger generals in the People's Liberation Army.
  • (8) Even the Labour party is now parachuting its grandees’ exclusively-educated princelings into its safe seats.
  • (9) Now at Christmas, it demands the kind of baubles you would expect of an Arab princeling or a banana republic.
  • (10) An investigation by the US authorities into hiring practices in Asia, similar to the one disclosed by HSBC over the hiring of individuals with links to government officials, known as “princelings” .
  • (11) Indeed, Riyadh's unelected princelings strongly objected to Mubarak's treatment, viewing it as a dangerous precedent, and now appear doubly determined to prevent Saleh being disposed of in the same manner.
  • (12) Xi, the "princeling" son of Communist party veteran Xi Zhongxun , has a reputation as a clean politician.
  • (13) I ask her what she has been most proud of during the infancy of her editorship, and she cites the investigative reporting that has been done on global issues such as the rise of "princeling" families in China , Apple's labour practices and the textile business of Bangladesh .
  • (14) Vice-premier Zhang Dejiang, who, like Bo is a "princeling" – the son of a key party figure – will replace Bo and keep his current portfolio.
  • (15) And like many of his peers, he is a "princeling" – someone who has experienced both privilege and prejudice as the child of a powerful Communist party figure.
  • (16) One member of the publishing industry, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, said: “The people behind Sage Communications have long been hated by the princelings, absolutely hated, because their books are so sensationalistic.
  • (17) Observers were at the time perplexed by Jiang's lavish praise for the princeling who had displaced him.
  • (18) Although a "princeling" son of a communist veteran, he was a risk-taker in a profoundly cautious system.
  • (19) Next year marks three centuries since the Hanoverian succession, the moment in 1714 when the crown of England, Scotland and Wales passed to a minor German princeling, George elector of Hanover.
  • (20) But political commentator Li Datong suggests this "double background" has proved genuinely formative for princelings such as Xi and might even lead them to bolder policy-making.

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