Regulation vs Regularity - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
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* Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.
(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
(lb) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
(lb) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
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(uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline
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(countable) A particular regular occurrence
In uncountable terms the difference between regulation and regularity
is that regulation is The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated while regularity is the condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline.In countable terms the difference between regulation and regularity
is that regulation is A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization while regularity is a particular regular occurrence.As an adjective regulation
is in conformity with applicable rules and regulations.regulation
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(wikipedia regulation)Noun
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.}}
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Noun
- I have been watching that show with regularity .
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