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legislate vs ordain

ordain vs legislate

legislate and ordain both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
legislate No No Yes No
ordain No No Yes No
As verbs, ordain is a hypernym of legislate; that is, ordain is a word with a broader meaning than legislate:
  • legislate: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
  • ordain: order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Other hypernyms of legislate include enact.
legislate (verb) ordain (verb)
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation issue an order
appoint to a clerical posts
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
Difference between legislate and ordain

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