Gloomy vs Regulate - What's the difference?
gloomy | regulate |
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
* Macaulay
* Bancroft
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.
As an adjective gloomy
is imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.As a verb regulate is
to dictate policy.gloomy
English
Adjective
(er)- The cavern was gloomy .
- a gloomy temper or countenance
Synonyms
* See alsoregulate
English
Verb
(regulat)- the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- 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 regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits