Control vs. Discipline — What's the Difference?

Control mechanisms or systems are designed to regulate.

The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior using punishment to correct disobedience.

The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.

The controlled behavior resulting from such training.

The ability to manage one’s emotions or actions; self-control.

To train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way.

A means of limiting or regulating something.

A field of study or is marked by a required skill or field.

To maintain influence or authority over something.

Measures or corrective actions used to enforce obedience.

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events

Discipline is action or inaction that is regulated to be in accordance (or to achieve accord) with a particular system of governance. Discipline is commonly applied to regulating human and animal behavior to its society or environment it belongs.

A person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment

Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement

A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy

Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order

A high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit

Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of

A state of order based on submission to rules and authority

Take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment)

Punishment intended to correct or train

To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct

A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.

To adjust to a requirement; regulate

A branch of knowledge or teaching

To hold in restraint; check

To train by instruction and practice, as in following rules or developing self-control

To reduce or prevent the spread of

To punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.

To verify or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.

To impose order on

To verify (a financial account, for example) by using a duplicate register for comparison.

A controlled behaviour; self-control.

Authority or ability to manage or direct

An enforced compliance or control.

One that controls; a controlling agent, device, or organization.

A systematic method of obtaining obedience.

An instrument.

A state of order based on submission to authority.

Controls A set of such instruments.

A set of rules regulating behaviour.

A restraining device, measure, or limit; a curb

A punishment to train or maintain control.

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of a scientific experiment.

A specific branch of knowledge or learning.

An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment, as a group of subjects given an inactive substance in an experiment testing a new drug administered to another group of subjects.

A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.

An intelligence agent who supervises or instructs another agent.

(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.

A spirit presumed to speak or act through a medium.

(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.

(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.

(transitive) To impose order on someone.

To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.

Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

(transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.

Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.

Influence or authority over something.

Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.

The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.

The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.

A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.

The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

(project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.

Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

A control group or control experiment.

A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.

To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box Ctrl.

To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

(climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.

To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

(linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.

To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.

A branch of knowledge;

A checkpoint along an audax route.

A system of rules of conduct or method of practice;

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

The trait of being well behaved;

That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.

Training to improve strength or self-control

Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.

The act of punishing;

The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight;

Train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;

Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude,distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.

Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;

In research, an object or subject used in an experimental procedure, which is treated identically to the primary subject of the experiment, except for the omission of the specific treatment or conditions whose effect is being investigated. If the control is a group of living organisms, as is common in medical research, it is called the control group.

The part of an experimental procedure in which the controls{6} are subjected to the experimental conditions.

The group of technical specialists exercising control by remote communications over a distant operation, such as a space flight; as, the American Mission Control for manned flights is located in Houston.

To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.

To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

To assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control{7}.

Power to direct or determine;

A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another;

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc;

A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;

The activity of managing or exerting control over something;

The state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

Discipline in personal and social activities;

Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;

The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.;

A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;

A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

Exercise authoritative control or power over;

Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

Handle and cause to function;

Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage;

Verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments;

Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison;

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;

Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of;

Yes, a person can have self-discipline without having control over external situations.

In personal life, control can involve managing one’s finances, decisions, or even interpersonal relationships.

Control is about managing how things are done, while discipline is about how individuals manage themselves within those parameters.

Control is the power to influence or manage people and situations.

Primarily, though it can also be instilled by others through education and upbringing.

Discipline is the training that develops self-control, orderliness, and efficiency.

Discipline in education helps maintain a conducive learning environment and promotes good study habits.

Examples include controlling a meeting, managing a schedule, or parenting decisions.

Examples include sticking to a diet, maintaining a study schedule, or consistently practicing a skill.

Control can dictate the flow and outcomes of group interactions, often determining leadership roles and decision-making processes.

Improving discipline generally involves setting clear goals, establishing routines, and practicing self-control.

Not necessarily, it depends on how it is exercised and the context in which it is applied.

Yes, discipline can be taught and cultivated through consistent practice and reinforcement.

Control is essential in management for ensuring that organizational goals are met efficiently.

Discipline fosters growth by building habits that lead to improvements in personal and professional life.