Legislate vs Ordain - What's the difference?
legislate | ordain | Related terms |
To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
to prearrange unalterably
to decree
to admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk.
to authorize as a rabbi
to predestine
Legislate is a related term of ordain.
As verbs the difference between legislate and ordain
is that legislate is to pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws) while ordain is to prearrange unalterably.legislate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- ''If they can't get people to do the right thing by talking then they will try to legislate it, then they can try to enforce the statutes.