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Standardized vs Regulated - What's the difference?

standardized | regulated |

As verbs the difference between standardized and regulated

is that standardized is (standardize) while regulated is (regulate).

As an adjective standardized

is designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard.

standardized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (standardize)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard
  • 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