Act
Act noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
Usage example: the Americans with Disabilities Act requires public buildings to have wheelchair access
Regulation and act are semantically related in law topic. In some cases you can use "Regulation" instead a noun "Act", when it comes to topics like statute.
Regulation
Regulation noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.
Usage example: it's against community regulations to leave your trash on the curb for more than two days
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Synonyms for Regulation
Act and regulation are semantically related in rule topic. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Regulation", if it concerns topics such as law, statute.
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The first act of Captain America: Civil War takes place in Lagos, as does the disaster that leads the United Nations to reinforce the point of regulation for superpowered individuals (even though the Sokovia incident in Avengers: Age of Ultron was the breaking point).
Source: Useful Notes / Nigeria - Uncommon on British TV, apart from those channels that are devoted to them, thanks to government regulation that has the main networks act in the public interest (of which airing long commercials for phone-a-psychics usually aren't part).
Source: Infomercial - The meatpacking half (based on Sinclair's undercover observations) was so horrifying that it led to nearly-immediate regulation: the Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act (which established the FDA).
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