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Guiding vs Ruling - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between guiding and ruling

is that guiding is present participle of lang=en while ruling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between guiding and ruling

is that guiding is guidance while ruling is an order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

As an adjective ruling is

that rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.

guiding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • guidance
  • * 1912 , Theodore Dreiser, The Financier
    • Butler was ready to consider any proposition which would save her; but it must be a sound one—one not open to her whimsical moods or the guidings or leadings of romance.
  • Girl Guiding
  • * 2002 , Robert T. Grimm, Notable American Philanthropists (page 189)
    • Daisy Gordon Low then established two Girl Guide troops in poor sections of central London. Her belief was growing that guiding could serve many beneficial ends.

    ruling

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
    • the ruling monarch
    a ruling passion

    Synonyms

    * governing * reigning (of a monarch ) * in power (of a government; used after the noun )

    Derived terms

    * ruling gradient

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

    • Synonyms

    * commandment, edict, order, rule

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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