social control vs governance

governance vs social control

social control and governance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social control	Yes	No	No	No
governance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, governance is a hyponym of social control; that is, governance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than social control:

social control: control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
governance: the act of governing; exercising authority

Other hyponyms of social control include auto limitation, sanction, population control, administration, governing, government, government activity, enforcement, domination, acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization, duty, obligation, responsibility, military control, occupation, direction, management, deprivation, privation, appeasement, calming, communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization, denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization, detribalisation, detribalization, discrimination, favoritism, favouritism, patronage, militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization, demobilisation, demobilization, normalisation, normalization, standardisation, standardization, penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment, corrections.

social control (noun)	governance (noun)
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action	the act of governing; exercising authority
	the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

Difference between social control and governance

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