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Regulated vs Control - What's the difference?

regulated | control |

As verbs the difference between regulated and control

is that regulated is (regulate) while control is to exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

As a noun control is

(countable|uncountable) influence or authority over.

regulated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (regulate)

  • 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

    control

    English

    Verb

    (controll)
  • To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
  • * With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}

    Derived terms

    * controller * controlling * controllable * controllability *

    Synonyms

    * * manage * * rule

    Antonyms

    * obey, submit (to be controlled ) * defy, rebel, resist (not to be controlled )

    Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over.
  • A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
  • The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
  • Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
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  • She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
  • A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
  • (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
  • A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
  • (Johnson)
  • (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
  • Synonyms

    * (GUI) widget

    Derived terms

    * control character * control panel * control tower * cruise control * in control * master control * mind control * out of control * proportional control * race control * self-control * under control