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legislating vs decriminalisation

decriminalisation vs legislating

legislating and decriminalisation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
legislating Yes No No No
decriminalisation Yes No No No
As nouns, decriminalisation is a hyponym of legislating; that is, decriminalisation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than legislating:
  • legislating: the act of making or enacting laws
  • decriminalisation: legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
Other hyponyms of legislating include criminalisation, criminalization, decriminalization, enactment, passage.
legislating (noun) decriminalisation (noun)
the act of making or enacting laws legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
Difference between legislating and decriminalisation

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