Better vs Regulate - What's the difference?

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Better is a related term of regulate.

As verbs the difference between better and regulate

is that better is to improve while regulate is to dictate policy.

As an adjective better

is (good).

As an adverb better

is .

As a noun better

is an entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior or better can be .

better

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) better, bettre, betre, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(head)

(good)

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(well)

larger, greater

Derived terms

* better dead than red * better half * better off * betterness * better part of * get better

Adverb

(head)

* 1901 , ,

“I’ve had enough of cycling with you chaps. I can spend my Sundays better than in tormenting cats and quarrelling and fighting.”

More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.

ten miles and better

Derived terms

* had better * 'd better

Verb

(en verb)

To improve.

* Wordsworth

Love betters what is best.

* Thackeray

He thought to better his circumstances.

* Macaulay

the constant effort of every man to better himself

To become better; to improve.

(Carlyle)

To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.

* Hooker

The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered .

To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.

* Milton

Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.

(slang) Had better.

You better do that if you know what's good for you.

Derived terms

* betterer * betterment

Synonyms

* See also

Noun

(en noun)

An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.

He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.

* Hooker

Their betters would hardly be found.

Derived terms

* get the better of

Etymology 2

Alternate pronunciation of (bettor) or modern formation from the verb to (bet).

Noun

(en noun)

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regulate

English

Verb

(regulat)

To dictate policy.

To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

* Macaulay

the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons

* Bancroft

The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.

To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.

To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.

to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time

to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.

To put or maintain in order.

to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances

to regulate one's eating habits

Derived terms

* deregulate * downregulate * upregulate

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