Difference between Tyranny and Totalitarianism

TYRANNY vs TOTALITARIANISM: NOUN

Dominance through threat of punishment and violence
Unjust or oppressive governmental power.
A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power.
The office, authority, or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
The oppressive or unjust use of power.
A tyrannical act.
An oppressive or harshly limiting condition.
The rule of a tyrant in the ancient sense; the personal government of one of the Greek tyrants; a state or government having an uncontrolled ruler bearing the title of tyrant.
The office or incumbency of a tyrant; a tyrant's administration or tenure; the system of government by tyrants.
Hence A tyrannical government; a lawless autocracy or despotism.
Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of anthority; unmerciful rule.
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Severity; harshness; stringency.
Synonyms Despotism, Autocracy, etc. See despotism.
Oppression, Despotism, etc. See oppression.
The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
Cruel government or discipline.
Severity; rigor; inclemency.
Absolute power, or its use.
Extreme severity or rigour.
A tyrannical action or proceeding; an instance of despotic rule or conduct.

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

Repression, Totalitarian, Tyrant, Autocracy, Oppression, One man rule, Shogunate, Monocracy, Caesarism, Stalinism, Absolutism, Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Despotism

Universality, Fundamentalist, Fundamentalism, Totalitarian, Totalism, One man rule, Shogunate, Monocracy, Caesarism, Dictatorship, Absolutism, Authoritarianism, Tyranny, Despotism, Stalinism

Injustice, Despotic, Repression, Totalitarian, Tyrant, Autocracy, Oppression, Shogunate, Monocracy, Caesarism, Stalinism, Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Despotism

Communism, Fascism, Totality, Universality, Fundamentalist, Fundamentalism, Totalitarian, Shogunate, Monocracy, Caesarism, Dictatorship, Authoritarianism, Tyranny, Despotism, Stalinism

It could be argued that the tyranny of the majority is just as dangerous as the tyranny of the wealthy, perhaps more so.
And we must do that or we only replace one form of tyranny with another form of tyranny.
Banning private arms would raise the cost of restoring democracy, and ensure many more generations of future tyranny, or enshrine tyranny forever.
Protects Against Tyranny Had The Constitution not guarded against tyranny, society as we know it today would be very different.
This is the old tyranny by majorities which wrecked ancient governments in a new form, tyranny by organized minorities.
Federalism sometimes protects against local tyranny as well as national tyranny.
Its spirit is too favourable to tyranny for tyranny not to take advantage of it.
We have had your preambles before, and we know that tyranny feeds upon tyranny.
He routinely stood up against tyranny, even if that tyranny was found on his home soil.
This city has known tyranny and was destroyed by tyranny.