Rules vs. Regulation — What's the Difference?

Governing power or its possession or use; authority.

Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context.

The duration of such power.

A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority

An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.

The action or process of regulating or being regulated

The body of regulations prescribed by the founder of a religious order for governing the conduct of its members.

The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.

A usual, customary, or generalized course of action or behavior

A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.

A generalized statement that describes what is true in most or all cases

A governmental order having the force of law. Also called executive order.

(Mathematics) A standard method or procedure for solving a class of problems.

(Embryology) The capacity of an embryo to continue normal development following injury to or alteration of a structure.

A court decision serving as a precedent for subsequent cases

(Sports) The standard playing period for a timed game, prior to overtime or a shootout.

A legal doctrine or principle.

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

A court order.

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

A minor regulation or law.

A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.

A statute or regulation governing the court process

A numbered provision within such kind of law.

See ruler.

(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

(Printing) A thin metal strip of various widths and designs, used to print borders or lines, as between columns.

(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

To exercise control, dominion, or direction over; govern

(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

To have a powerful influence over; dominate

In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

To be a preeminent or dominant factor in

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

To decide or declare authoritatively or judicially; decree

A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

To mark with straight parallel lines.

An authoritative rule

To mark (a straight line), as with a ruler.

A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;

To be in total control or command; exercise supreme authority.

The state of being controlled or governed

To formulate and issue a decree or decision.

(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

To prevail at a particular level or rate

The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

(Slang) To be excellent or superior

The act of controlling or directing according to rule;

Plural of rule

Prescribed by or according to regulation;