What are the differences between an earl and a court?

At first I thought the word 'earl' is for British ranks of nobility, and 'court' is for other European countries. But after having a look at wikipedia, I realised the word 'court' is also used in Britain, and it seemed to me that earl and court were in the same level. So, is there any difference between an earl and a court?





Thank you everybody very much. :)|||Court? I think you mean "Count". An Earl is a middle rank of nobility in England today, ranking just below a Count. There is no female equivalent of an Earl, so an Earl's wife is a Countess, the same as a Count's wife. Earl's in centuries gone by took charge of a county for the king. In English nobility, "Count" usually refers to nobility from other countries.|||There is no Count in the British ranks of aristocracy. They are, in descending order:





Duke





Marquess





Earl (An Earl is analogous to the Continental count. Since there was no feminine Old English or Old Norse equivalent for the term, "Countess" is used for the females. As in "The Earl and Countess of Wessex")





Viscount





Baron