Autocrat vs. Dictator

Autocratnoun

An absolute ruler with infinite power.

Autocratnoun

A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.

Autocratnoun

An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).

Autocratnoun

One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

Autocratnoun

a cruel and oppressive dictator

Dictatornoun

A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

Dictatornoun

(historical) A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.

Dictatornoun

A tyrannical boss or authority figure.

Dictatornoun

A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).

Dictatornoun

One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

Dictatornoun

One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

Dictatornoun

a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine

Dictatornoun

a ruler who is unconstrained by law

Dictatornoun

a person behaves in an tyrannical manner;

Dictator

A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique.