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Act vs Regulation - What's the difference?

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In context|countable|lang=en terms the difference between act and regulation

is that act is (countable) a display of behaviour while regulation is (countable)   a law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

As nouns the difference between act and regulation

is that act is (countable) something done, a deed while regulation is (uncountable)   the act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

As a verb act

is to do something.

As a adjective regulation is

in conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

act

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Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a federal territory of Australia.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the (term).
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  • Coordinate terms

    * (American College Test) SAT , GMAT , MCAT , DAT

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    regulation

    Noun

  • (uncountable)   The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
  • (countable)   A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
  • * Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.
  • (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
  • (lb) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
  • (lb) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
  • Adjective

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  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
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