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Regulate vs Harmonize - What's the difference?

regulate | harmonize |

As verbs the difference between regulate and harmonize

is that regulate is to dictate policy while harmonize is to be in (l) (l).

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

    harmonize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (British)

    Verb

  • To be in (l) (l).
  • (music) To play or sing in harmony.
  • To bring things into harmony, or to make things (l).
  • To provide the harmony for a (l).