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Mandate vs Enact - What's the difference?

mandate | enact |

As verbs the difference between mandate and enact

is that mandate is while enact is (legal) to make (a bill) into law.

As a noun enact is

(obsolete) purpose; determination.

mandate

English

(wikipedia mandate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

    • Verb

    (mandat)
  • to authorize
  • to make mandatory

    • Derived terms

    * mandatary * mandator * mandatory

    External links

    * * ----

    enact

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal) to make (a bill) into law
  • to act the part of; to play
  • * Shakespeare
    • I did enact Julius Caesar.
  • to do; to effect
  • * Shakespeare
    • The king enacts more wonders than a man.

    Derived terms

    * enactability * enactable * enactably * enaction * enactor

    Related terms

    * act

    Noun

  • (obsolete) purpose; determination
    • (Webster 1913)