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Govern vs Modulate - What's the difference?

govern | modulate |

In lang=en terms the difference between govern and modulate

is that govern is to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate while modulate is to change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument.

As verbs the difference between govern and modulate

is that govern is to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in while modulate is to regulate, adjust or adapt.

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.
  • modulate

    English

    Verb

    (modulat)
  • To regulate, adjust or adapt
  • To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
  • (electronics) to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)
  • (music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
  • Derived terms

    * amplitude modulation, AM * frequency modulation, FM * phase modulation