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Governed vs Guided - What's the difference?

governed | guided |

As verbs the difference between governed and guided

is that governed is (govern) while guided is (guide).

As an adjective guided is

subject to guidance.

governed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (govern)

  • 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.
  • guided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (guide)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Subject to guidance
  • Derived terms

    * guided missile