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Veto vs Overrule - What's the difference?

veto | overrule |

Overrule is a synonym of veto.



In transitive terms the difference between veto and overrule

is that veto is to use a veto against while overrule is to nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.

As a noun veto

is a political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

veto

English

(wikipedia veto)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
  • An invocation of that right.
  • An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
  • * George Eliot
  • This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To use a against.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    overrule

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
  • # To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.
  • * Clarendon
  • His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
  • To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
  • The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.
  • (legal) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.
  • 1. to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman. 2. to rule or decide against (a plea, argument, etc.); reject: to overrule an objection. 3. to prevail over so as to change the purpose or action: a delay that overruled our plans. 4. to exercise control or influence over: belief in a beneficent deity that overrules the universe.