govern vs regulate

regulate vs govern

govern and regulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
govern	No	No	Yes	No
regulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, govern and regulate are synonyms defined as:

govern and regulate: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

Other synonyms of govern include order, regularise, regularize.

govern (verb)	regulate (verb)
exercise authority over; as of nations	fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
direct or strongly influence the behavior of	restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations	shape or influence; give direction to
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood	bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

Difference between govern and regulate

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.