Rule vs Settle - What's the difference?
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A regulation, law, guideline.
* Tillotson
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, title= A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
* South
A straight line , especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
A regulating principle.
* c. 1604, William Shakespeare, All's well that ends well , Act I, scene I:
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
* Bible, Hebrews xiii. 17
* Alexander Pope
A normal condition or state of affairs.
(obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
* Shakespeare
(legal) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
(math) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
(printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
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, title= (slang) To excel.
To mark (paper or the like) with (lines).
To decide judicially.
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, title= To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
* Atterbury
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
* And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,until he was ashamed. --2 Kings VIII. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
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(transitive, obsolete, US) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quieten; to still; to calm; to compose.
* (George Chapman)
* (John Bunyan)
To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink
To restore (ground, roads etc.) or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition
To cause to sink; to lower
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty
* (Jonathan Swift)
To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).
(archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.
(colloquial) To pay.
To colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).
To become fixed, permanent or stationary; to establish one's self or itself
* (Francis Bacon)
* (John Arbuthnot)
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.
To become married, or a householder.
* (Matthew Prior)
To be established in a profession or in employment.
To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
To become clear after being unclear or vague
* (Joseph Addison)
To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, for example dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
To become calm; to stop being agitated
* (William Shakespeare)
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
(obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.
* (Samuel Garth)
(archaic) A seat of any kind.
* Hampole
A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen.
(obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
* Bible, Ezekiel xliii. 14
In obsolete terms the difference between rule and settle
is that rule is conduct; behaviour while settle is a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.In transitive terms the difference between rule and settle
is that rule is to establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice while settle is to colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).In intransitive terms the difference between rule and settle
is that rule is to decide judicially while settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.rule
English
Noun
(en noun)- We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives.
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- A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule .
- There's little can be said in 't; 'Tis against the rule of nature.
- Obey them that have the rule over you.
- His stern rule the groaning land obeyed.
- My rule is to rise at six o'clock.
- This uncivil rule ; she shall know of it.
- (Wharton)
- a rule for extracting the cube root
Derived terms
* exception that proves the rule * golden rule * rule of action * rule of law * rule of thumb * silver rule * slide rule * there is an exception to every ruleVerb
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US rules human genes can't be patented, passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}
- That's a ruled case with the schoolmen.
Synonyms
* (to excel) rock (also slang)Antonyms
* (to excel) suck (vulgar slang)Derived terms
* Rule Britannia * rule on * rule out * rule the roost * the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldExternal links
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English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(settl)- God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
- Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.
- It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.
- to settle a bill
- The wind came about and settled in the west.
- Chyleruns through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
- As people marry now and settle .
- A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles .
- Till the fury of his highness settle , Come not before him.
- He sighs with most success that settles well.
Synonyms
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(en noun)- upon the settle of his majesty
- And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle , shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.