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Ruling vs Hearing - What's the difference?

ruling | hearing |

As adjectives the difference between ruling and hearing

is that ruling is that rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling while hearing is able to hear.

As nouns the difference between ruling and hearing

is that ruling is an order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority while hearing is (uncountable) the sense used to perceive sound.

As verbs the difference between ruling and hearing

is that ruling is while hearing is .

ruling

English

Adjective

(head)
  • That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
    • the ruling monarch
    a ruling passion

    Synonyms

    * governing * reigning (of a monarch ) * in power (of a government; used after the noun )

    Derived terms

    * ruling gradient

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

    • Synonyms

    * commandment, edict, order, rule

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    hearing

    English

    (wikipedia hearing)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Able to hear.
    • Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

    Antonyms

    * deaf * unhearing

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
  • (countable) The act by which something is heard.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings , smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
  • (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
  • (countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
  • * {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
    • , title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}

    Derived terms

    * hearing aid * in hearing * preliminary hearing

    Verb

    (head)