Governed vs Ruled - What's the difference?
governed | ruled |
(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.
Having printed lines.
(geometry, of a surface) Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S'' there is a straight line that lies on ''S .
(rule)
As verbs the difference between governed and ruled
is that governed is (govern) while ruled is (rule).As an adjective ruled is
having printed lines.governed
English
Verb
(head)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.
ruled
English
Adjective
(-)- a letter on ruled paper
Verb
(head)- She ruled over her children firmly but gently.