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Ruling vs Regime - What's the difference?

ruling | regime |

As verbs the difference between ruling and regime

is that ruling is while regime is .

As an adjective ruling

is that rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.

As a noun ruling

is an order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.

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

    *

    regime

    English

    (wikipedia regime)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mode of rule or management.
  • A form of government, or the government in power (as in a socialist regime).
  • A period of rule.
  • A regulated system; a regimen.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime . It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}
  • (hydrology) A set of characteristics.

    • Usage notes

    * This word is often used as a pejorative.

    Derived terms

    * exercise regime * political regime * regime change

    Related terms

    * regimen

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