regulate vs standardise

regulate and standardise both are verbs.

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

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

regulate: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
standardise: cause to conform to standard or norm

Other hyponyms of regulate include standardize, district, zone.

regulate (verb)	standardise (verb)
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of	cause to conform to standard or norm
restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)	evaluate by comparing with a standard
shape or influence; give direction to
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations