Judge and Rule

Judge

Judge verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).
Usage example: the committee will judge the case solely on the evidence

Rule is a synonym for judge in decide topic. In some cases you can use "Rule" instead a verb "Judge", when it comes to topics like deduce, find, adjudge.

Rule

Rule verb - Decide on and make a declaration about.

Judge is a synonym for rule in decree topic. You can use "Judge" instead a verb "Rule", if it concerns topics such as action, decide.

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

How words are described

human human judge human rule
old old judge old rule
female female judge female rule
special special judge special rule
Other adjectives: particular, complete, certain, original, single, corrupt, actual, real, evil, main, new, military, last, soviet.

Common collocations

humanity judge humanity rule humanity
power judge power rule power
people judge people rule people
race judge race rule race
Other words: place, rest, way, earth, world.

Both words in one sentence

  • Hanging Judge Dutch Mantel when he was judge of wrestler's court would always rule against the prosecuted.
    Source: Hanging Judge
  • Disney Owns This Trope The judge deemed Fox's lawsuit "wholly without merit" and Fox thereupon withdrew it before the judge could rule on whether it was even a valid trademark.
  • Similar to this, when Homer helps Bart build a soapbox derby car, it's done so poorly that a judge assumes Bart took the 'no parental help' rule too seriously.
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