Law
Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
Principles and law are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Principles" instead a noun "Law".
Principles
Principles noun - General or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based.
Usage example: if you don't learn the principles of algebra now, you won't understand much later on
Law and principles are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Law" instead a noun "Principles".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The text of the law has only secondary importance beyond the legal principles and judicial goods.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law -
I Did What I Had to Do: Stevens goes against his principles to claim that he only wants equality before the law, not total racial equality, in order to get the 13th Amendment passed.
Source: Film / Lincoln -
Most of the modern world is built on the principles that justice is blind and that no man is above the law.
Source: Appeal to Force
Cite this Source
Principles and Law. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/law/principles
Law & Principles. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/law/principles>.
Principles or Law. 2016. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/law/principles.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "law" and "principles" have occurred on timeline