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Regulated vs Ordered - What's the difference?

regulated | ordered |

As verbs the difference between regulated and ordered

is that regulated is past tense of regulate while ordered is past tense of order.

As an adjective ordered is

in order, not messy, tidy.

regulated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (regulate)

    • regulate

    English

    Verb

    (regulat)
  • To dictate policy.
  • To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
  • * Macaulay
    • the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
  • * Bancroft
    • The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
  • To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
  • To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
    • to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
    to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
  • To put or maintain in order.
    • to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
    to regulate one's eating habits

    Derived terms

    * deregulate * downregulate * upregulate

    Related terms

    * rule * ruler * regulation * regulator

    External links

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    ordered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In order, not messy, tidy.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (order)