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Dictate vs Ruling - What's the difference?

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Dictate is a synonym of ruling.


As nouns the difference between dictate and ruling

is that dictate is an order or command while ruling is an order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

As verbs the difference between dictate and ruling

is that dictate is to order, command, control while ruling is .

As an adjective ruling is

that rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.

dictate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An order or command.
    • I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

    Verb

    (dictat)
  • To order, command, control.
  • * 2001 , Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 409,
    • Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
  • To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
    • She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
    The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

    Derived terms

    * dictation * dictator

    ruling

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
    • the ruling monarch
    a ruling passion

    Synonyms

    * governing * reigning (of a monarch ) * in power (of a government; used after the noun )

    Derived terms

    * ruling gradient

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

    • Synonyms

    * commandment, edict, order, rule

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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