Decipher vs Regulate - What's the difference?
decipher | regulate |
To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
To find a solution to a problem.
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
* Macaulay
* Bancroft
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.
As verbs the difference between decipher and regulate
is that decipher is to decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text while regulate is to dictate policy.decipher
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Alternative forms
* decypherVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* deciphermentAnagrams
*regulate
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Verb
(regulat)- the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- 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 regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits