As verbs the difference between rules and govern
is that
rules is (
rule) while
govern is to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
As a noun rules
is .
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
rules English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(rule)
Anagrams
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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
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