Misgovern vs Misrule - What's the difference?

misgovern | misrule |


As verbs the difference between misgovern and misrule

is that misgovern is to govern badly or wrongly while misrule is (legal) of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.

As a noun misrule is

the state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.

misgovern

English

Verb

  • To govern badly or wrongly.

    • Derived terms

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    misrule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.
  • Misgovernment; bad or unjust government.
  • *2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 52:
  • *:But in the recent past, there had been plenty of accusations and instances of Henry's oppressive misrule , of which the execution of the earl of Warwick, Suffolk's cousin, was the most recent and emphatic example.

    • Verb

  • (legal) Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
  • To rule badly; to misgovern.

    • See also

    *misruler *Lord of Misrule