Govern vs Ruling - What's the difference?
govern | ruling | Synonyms |
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.
To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
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.
That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
Ruling is a synonym of govern.
As verbs the difference between govern and ruling
is that govern is to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in while ruling is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective ruling is
that rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.As a noun ruling is
an order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.govern
English
Verb
(en verb)- Govern yourselves like civilized people.
- a student who could not govern his impulses.
- Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
- a valve that governs fuel intake.
ruling
English
Adjective
(head)- the ruling monarch
- a ruling passion