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Supervise vs Govern - What's the difference?

supervise | govern |

In transitive terms the difference between supervise and govern

is that supervise is to direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge while govern is to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

supervise

English

Verb

(supervis)
  • To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
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  • (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
  • * 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:
  • Let me supervise the canzonet.

    govern

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
  • To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
  • Govern yourselves like civilized people.
    a student who could not govern his impulses.
  • To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
  • Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
  • To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
  • a valve that governs fuel intake.
  • To exercise political authority; to run a government.
  • To have or exercise a determining influence.
  • To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.