Doing and Ruling

Doing

Doing noun - Something done by someone.

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Ruling and doing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruling" instead an adjective "Doing".

Nearby Word: do

Ruling adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.

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Doing and ruling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doing" instead an adjective "Ruling".

Nearby Words: rule, ruler, ruled

perfect	perfect doing	perfect ruling
noble	noble doing	noble ruling
popular	popular doing	popular ruling
real	real doing	real ruling
Other adjectives: large, bad, infamous, righteous, mad, previous.

After being exposed, he finally reveals that he views all sorceresses with disdain for ruling over men instead of doing "women's work".

Source: Literature / Magic 2.0
In the case of the Empire of Blood, at least, they're doing all the real ruling for the Empress, an unusually thick (in more ways than one) red dragon.

Source: The Man Behind the Man aka: Man Behind The Man
Lemongrab was this in the Adventure Time episode "Too Young," because he appears to be severely mentally handicapped and had a job he was incapable of doing right (ruling a kingdom).

Source: Unintentionally Sympathetic

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