Ogre
Pronunciation: 'O-g&r
Function:
noun
Etymology: French, probably ultimately from Latin
Orcus, god of the underworld
1 : a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings
: [size=-1]MONSTER[/size]
2 : a dreaded person or object
One word, one entry in the dictionary, two seperate things. We cannot take what we know about one and infer from the other. The only similarities are in what caused them both to be called "ogre" in the first place. This is why they are "definition 1" and "defintion 2".
rule
Pronunciation: 'rül
Function:
noun
Etymology: Middle English
reule, from Old French, from Latin
regula straightedge, rule, from
regere to direct -- more at
[size=-1]RIGHT[/size]
1 a : a prescribed guide for conduct or action
b : the laws or regulations prescribed by the founder of a religious order for observance by its members
c : an accepted procedure, custom, or habit
d (1)
: a usually written order or direction made by a court regulating court practice or the action of parties (2)
: a legal precept or doctrine
e : a regulation or bylaw governing procedure or controlling conduct
2 a (1)
: a usually valid generalization (2)
: a generally prevailing quality, state, or mode <fair weather was the
rule yesterday --
N.Y. Times>
b : a standard of judgment
: [size=-1]CRITERION[/size] c : a regulating principle
d : a determinate method for performing a mathematical operation and obtaining a certain result
3 a : the exercise of authority or control
: [size=-1]DOMINION[/size] b : a period during which a specified ruler or government exercises control
4 a : a strip of material marked off in units used especially for measuring
: [size=-1]RULER [/size]3,
[size=-1]TAPE MEASURE[/size] b : a metal strip with a type-high face that prints a linear design;
also : a linear design produced by or as if by such a strip
Again one word: rules of conduct, how people behavie "as a rule", rule of a king. Three definitions, three different things.
law
Pronunciation: 'lo
Function:
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English
lagu, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse
log law; akin to Old English
licgan to lie -- more at
[size=-1]LIE[/size]
1 a (1)
: a binding custom or practice of a community
: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority (2)
: the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules (3)
: [size=-1]COMMON LAW[/size] b (1)
: the control brought about by the existence or enforcement of such law (2)
: the action of laws considered as a means of redressing wrongs;
also : [size=-1]LITIGATION[/size] (3)
: the agency of or an agent of established law
c : a rule or order that it is advisable or obligatory to observe
d : something compatible with or enforceable by established law
e : [size=-1]CONTROL[/size], [size=-1]AUTHORITY[/size]
2 a often capitalized : the revelation of the will of God set forth in the Old Testament
b capitalized : the first part of the Jewish scriptures
: [size=-1]PENTATEUCH[/size], [size=-1]TORAH[/size] -- see
[size=-1]BIBLE [/size]table
3 : a rule of construction or procedure <the
laws of poetry>
4 : the whole body of laws relating to one subject
5 a : the legal profession
b : law as a department of knowledge
: [size=-1]JURISPRUDENCE[/size] c : legal knowledge
6 a : a statement of an order or relation of phenomena that so far as is known is invariable under the given conditions
b : a general relation proved or assumed to hold between mathematical or logical expressions
Now 6 different things... just because the same word is used for two different things deosn't mean that the two things are similar. Usually the only similarity is the one which resulted in the same word being used in the first place (though in the case of troll (for example) there's no similarity at all).