Regulate vs Licensed - What's the difference?
regulate | licensed |
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.
(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
# (of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
(of an activity) authorized by licence
# (of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
(license)
As verbs the difference between regulate and licensed
is that regulate is to dictate policy while licensed is (license).As an adjective licensed is
(of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).regulate
English
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
Derived terms
* deregulate * downregulate * upregulateExternal links
* * ----licensed
English
Adjective
(-)- Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
- The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
- Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
- Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.
