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Enacted vs Ratified - What's the difference?

enacted | ratified |

As verbs the difference between enacted and ratified

is that enacted is (enact) while ratified is (ratify).

enacted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (enact)

    • enact

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal) to make (a bill) into law
  • to act the part of; to play
  • * Shakespeare
    • I did enact Julius Caesar.
  • to do; to effect
  • * Shakespeare
    • The king enacts more wonders than a man.

    Derived terms

    * enactability * enactable * enactably * enaction * enactor

    Related terms

    * act

    Noun

  • (obsolete) purpose; determination
    • (Webster 1913)

    ratified

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ratify)

    • ratify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

    • Synonyms

    * (give formal consent to): approve

    Related terms

    * ratification * ratifier