Reign vs Healthy - What's the difference?
reign | healthy |
The exercise of sovereign power.
* Prior
The period during which a monarch rules.
The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch
Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
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, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5
, passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy -looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
Conducive to health.
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(label) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
As a noun reign
is the exercise of sovereign power.As a verb reign
is to exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.As an adjective healthy is
enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.reign
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- England prospered under Elizabeth I.'s reign .
- Saturn's sons received the threefold reign / Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
- The reign of Victoria was a long one.
- (Spenser)
Verb
(en verb)- He reigned in an autocratic manner.
healthy
English
Adjective
(er)George Goodchild
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
