Commandment vs Rules - What's the difference?
commandment | rules |
Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
* Bible, John xiii. 34
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
* Shakespeare
(legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
As nouns the difference between commandment and rules
is that commandment is one of the ten commandments while rules is .As a verb rules is
(rule).commandment
English
Alternative forms
* commaundment (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
- And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment .
