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enact vs legislate

legislate vs enact

enact and legislate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
enact No No Yes No
legislate No No Yes No
As verbs, legislate is a hyponym of enact; that is, legislate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than enact:
  • enact: order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  • legislate: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
Other hyponyms of enact include reenact, pass.
enact (verb) legislate (verb)
act out; represent or perform as if in a play make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Difference between enact and legislate

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