law vs mandate

law and mandate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
law	Yes	No	No	No
mandate	Yes	No	Yes	No

law (noun)	mandate (noun)
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system	the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society	a document giving an official instruction or command
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature	a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
the collection of rules imposed by authority
the force of policemen and officers