Confusion reigns…Alas, the confusion doesn’t end there: both...

Confusion reigns…

Alas, the confusion doesn’t end there: both rein and reign can be used as verbs as well as nouns. As a verb, reign literally means ‘rule as a monarch’:

v Queen Elizabeth reigns over the UK.

and has also gained the extended meaning ‘be dominant or the best’:

v All around him, chaos and disorder reigned.

v In America, baseball reigns supreme.

Similarly, the verb rein means ‘control a horse by pulling on the reins’:

v He reined his horse to a halt.



I hope this clarrification helped