Legislate vs Specify - What's the difference?
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To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
To include in a specification.
To bring about a specific result.
Legislate is a related term of specify.
As verbs the difference between legislate and specify
is that legislate is to pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws) while specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.legislate
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(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.