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Govern vs Concert - What's the difference?

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Govern is a related term of concert.


As verbs the difference between govern and concert

is that govern is to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in while concert is to plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

As a noun concert is

(uncountable) agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.

govern

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
  • To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
    • Govern yourselves like civilized people.
    a student who could not govern his impulses.
  • To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
    • Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
  • To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
    • a valve that governs fuel intake.
  • To exercise political authority; to run a government.
  • To have or exercise a determining influence.
  • To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

    • Related terms

    * government * governance * governor * governess

    concert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
  • To plan; to devise; to arrange.
  • * Burke
    • A commander had more trouble to concert his defence before the people than to plan the campaign.
  • To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot.

    Related terms

    * act in concert * in concert

    Noun

    (wikipedia concert)
  • (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
  • (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
  • (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.
    • I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.

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