Government
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws for a country, land area, people, or organization. A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory. The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power. The management or control of a system. The tenure of a chief of state.
Example sentence: I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
Governing
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
Example sentence: The Sons of the Harpy are basically the people who represent the old regime. They don't want Daenerys in there governing them. Daenerys has this attitude about the fighting pits being reopened, which is part of their tradition. There's quite a considerable resentment to the fact that she doesn't want this to happen.