Governed vs Operated - What's the difference?
governed | operated |
(govern)
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.
(operate)
(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
As verbs the difference between governed and operated
is that governed is (govern) while operated is (operate).As an adjective operated is
(in combination) operated by the means specified eg a battery-operated toy.governed
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Verb
(head)govern
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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.