“Congress will execute the new healthcare bill next session.”
Usage Entry 1091 / 1350 60-second read
Execute vs. Enact
To carry out versus to make into law.
The comparisoni
“Congress will enact the new healthcare bill next session.”
The ruleii
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EXECUTE = carry out. ENACT = pass into law.
ENACT means to establish by legal act — a legislature enacts a statute. EXECUTE means to carry out — an executive executes a contract or a plan.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Legislatures enact. Executives execute.