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Prevailed vs Ruled - What's the difference?

prevailed | ruled |

As verbs the difference between prevailed and ruled

is that prevailed is (prevail) while ruled is (rule).

As an adjective ruled is

having printed lines.

prevailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prevail)

    • prevail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
    • Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
  • * , Exodus 17:11
    • And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
  • To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
    • In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
  • To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
    • I prevailed on him to wait.

    Derived terms

    * cooler heads will prevail

    Related terms

    * prevalence * prevalent

    References

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    ruled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having printed lines.
    • a letter on ruled paper
  • (geometry, of a surface) Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S'' there is a straight line that lies on ''S .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (rule)
    • She ruled over her children firmly but gently.

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives