What's the difference between scion and throne?

Scion


Definition:

  • (n.) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
  • (n.) A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
  • (n.) Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was at this time that Milosevic forged a close friendship with Stambolic, scion of an elite communist family.
  • (2) State they’re in This was the season American MBNA credit-card scion Randy Lerner finally announced his Villa venture was over and he wanted to sell.
  • (3) Congress party strategists say that their campaign leader Rahul Gandhi 's relative youth – the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is 43 – and their tradition of "pluralist secularism" will win over young people.
  • (4) Ineffectively led by the family scion Rahul, the party that won India its independence was comprehensively swept aside by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party.
  • (5) Hall might be a scion of one of Britain's most important theatrical dynasties (his father is Peter, his half-sister Rebecca), but the cocky irreverence of his productions showed he had every intention of making his own mark.
  • (6) Two “prominent” Republicans told the New York Times that the scions of the respective affluent and well-connected white families will meet privately in Utah this week, not long before a Wall Street Journal reporter caught Bush at an airport gate for a flight headed to Salt Lake City, near where the Romney family keeps one of its largest houses .
  • (7) The judicial body confirmed establishing an indirect link with the elder Gaddafi scion, who is believed to be in southern Libya where he is attempting to reach either Niger or Mali.
  • (8) If it seems eccentric to compare Churchill, scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, with Davis, who was brought up in a council flat in south London, then factor in their shared attributes: unshakable self-confidence, a certain vanity, and a capacity to inspire affection and extreme irritation.
  • (9) Here, Visconti was doubly lucky; not only was he adapting a novel by Di Lampedusa, melancholic scion of a dwindled dynasty much like the one in The Leopard , but he himself – Luchino Visconti di Madrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo – was himself such a figure, the playboy descendent of a powerful feudal family that had controlled Milan and Pisa before the Renaissance.
  • (10) It is particularly noteworthy that overrepresented in this list of political scions are southern Democrats , most of whom are also women.
  • (11) Unveiling his party's manifesto for elections beginning 7 April, Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the country's most famous political dynasty and the face of the Congress campaign for re-election , said $1tn (£600bn) would be spent on India's inadequate infrastructure and a universal pension scheme created if his party was returned to power.
  • (12) He mixed with an international circle of acquaintances, including politicians and scions of industry.
  • (13) John Gotti Junior, scion of the famous Gambino Mafia family, will walk into a Manhattan courtroom.
  • (14) But New England is overflowing with enough dynastic ambition right now to make even scions of the gilded age blush.
  • (15) He was born with, if not a silver spoon, then at least a silver-plated spoon in his mouth, being a scion on his father's side of the Kennedy earldom which used to own Culzean Castle in Scotland, and on his mother's side of a Scottish baronetcy.
  • (16) Money, connections and media attention can be a gift for a young scion seeking to outshine his or her famous parent, but they can also be a curse and some, like Jones, go to great lengths to avoid them.
  • (17) • Athinas Street, Mon-Sat 8am-6pm Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery One of Greece’s most important 20th-century artists, Nikos Ghika was also a seriously minted scion of an aristocratic family (and a Rothschild by marriage) with exquisite taste in mid-century modern design.
  • (18) In controversial comments likely to cause a storm in India, Gandhi – considered a likely prime ministerial candidate and a scion of the country's leading political family – warned Timothy Roemer that although "there was evidence of some support for [Islamic terrorist group Laskar-e-Taiba] among certain elements in India's indigenous Muslim community, the bigger threat may be the growth of radicalised Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community ".
  • (19) The concept was exported to the US by Rorion Gracie, grandmaster of jiu jitsu , scion of one of the most famous fighting families in the world, and, as a 1989 article in Playboy put it, “the toughest man in the United States”.
  • (20) In the ensuing years – during which Hirsch was greeted by the American right as a prophet and a saviour, and by the left as a scion of the empire of evil – these ideas solidified.

Throne


Definition:

  • (n.) A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
  • (n.) Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
  • (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
  • (v. t.) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
  • (v. t.) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
  • (v. i.) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And perhaps it’s this longevity that accounts for her popularity: a single tweet from Williams (who has 750,000 followers) about the series will prompt a Game Of Thrones news story.
  • (2) The grand patriarch, battling dissent and delusion, coming in for another shot, a new king on the throne, an impossible future to face down.
  • (3) He'll watch Game of Thrones , from now on, as a cheerfully clueless fan, "with total surprise and joy", and meanwhile get on with other work.
  • (4) Another example is the death in 1817 of Princess Charlotte, in childbirth, which led to the scramble of George III's aging sons to marry and beget an heir to the throne.
  • (5) It is a standard declaration of public loyalty to the Saudi royal family as it marks the end of a turbulent year since King Salman came to the throne.
  • (6) magazine-contracted, half-million pound wedding, Posh and Becks sat on a pair of golden thrones.
  • (7) Thrones, perhaps struggling under the weight of its monolithic pop culture status, or simply heartlessly breathtaking to begin with, really isn’t about anything anymore.
  • (8) The bestselling Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has offered to screen The Interview in his own independent cinema, in the wake of what he described as “a stunning display of corporate cowardice” from Sony and America’s cinema chains.
  • (9) Revelations about Charles' power of consent come amid continued concern that the heir to the throne may be overstepping his constitutional role by lobbying ministers directly and through his charities on pet concerns such as traditional architecture and the environment.
  • (10) It is now perhaps more widely known as a backdrop for the kingdoms of Dorne and Meereen in Game of Thrones.
  • (11) Look back 25 years | Dirk Laabs Read more A few ruins away, near the remains of the throne room, 18-year-old Berliner, Sarah Akopova, is also sympathetic.
  • (12) Lumping HBO in with Fox's FX might give it extra leverage – smooth out those less successful seasons when it launches The Newsroom rather than Game of Thrones – or it might not.
  • (13) They are making a big play for more content and Time Warner has some of the best global franchises you could hope to have – look at Harry Potter, Batman and HBO.” Time Warner’s lucrative cable channel business includes TNT, TBS and HBO, home to shows including Game of Thrones.
  • (14) He’s 66 and has waited for the throne all his life.
  • (15) Twelve Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie officially joined the cast earlier this week, and the film will also feature Attack the Block's John Boyega, Ingmar Bergman-regular Max von Sydow and Harry Potter's Domhnall Gleeson.
  • (16) Tim Loughton, a Sussex MP, said it would be a "nonsense" to stop the heir to the throne talking to ministers as he had always come across as "well briefed and knowledgeable" in their meetings.
  • (17) The new queen would have died less than seven months later, handing the throne to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
  • (18) If Muqrin does come to the throne, he is likely to be the last of the sons of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud), who died in 1953.
  • (19) As for Labour, the rolling pageant of departures from Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet , and the countermoves against them, frequently resembled an episode of Game of Thrones re-enacted by the Teletubbies.
  • (20) In the first series of Game of Thrones, he is shown serving a warrior king gone to seed and oppressed by serious marital problems.