regulate vs decide

regulate and decide both are verbs.

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

As verbs, decide is a hyponym of regulate; that is, decide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than regulate:

As verbs, decide is a hypernym of regulate; that is, decide is a word with a broader meaning than regulate:

regulate: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
decide: reach, make, or come to a decision about something

Other hypernyms of regulate include determine, make up one's mind.

regulate (verb)	decide (verb)
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of	reach, make, or come to a decision about something
restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)	bring to an end; settle conclusively
shape or influence; give direction to	cause to decide
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations	influence or determine