different between tourism vs regulation

English

Etymology

From tour +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t????z(?)m/, /?t?(?)??z(?)m/

Noun

tourism (usually uncountable, plural tourisms)

1. The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
2. The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
3. Collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (figuratively) The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.

   libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism

Derived terms

Related terms

• tourist

Descendants

• ? French: tourisme (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Anagrams

• morutis, rims out

English

Etymology

From regulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????j??le???n/
• Hyphenation: reg?u?la?tion

Noun

regulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations)

1. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
2. (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

   Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.

3. 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.
4. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
5. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
6. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Translations

Adjective

regulation (not comparable)

1. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Related terms

• rule
• ruler
• regulate
• regulator
• regulatory
• coregulation
• deregulation
• immunoregulation

Further reading

• regulation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regulation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• urogenital