Structured vs Regulated - What's the difference?
structured | regulated |
(structure)
(regulate)
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 structured and regulated
is that structured is (structure) while regulated is (regulate).As an adjective structured
is having structure; organized.structured
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Derived terms
* structured analysis * structured ASIC * structured cabling * structured content * structured criticality * structured data * structured design * structured finance * structured interviewing * structured packing * structured product * structured programming * Structured Query Language * structured sale * structured settlement * structured storage * structured text * structured wiringVerb
(head)- He structured the loan with a twenty-year term.
regulated
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Verb
(head)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