Adjudicate vs Umpire - What's the difference?
adjudicate | umpire |
To settle a legal case or other dispute.
To act as a judge.
(tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
(cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
(baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
(Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
(legal) A person who arbitrates between contending parties
(sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).
* South
As verbs the difference between adjudicate and umpire
is that adjudicate is to settle a legal case or other dispute while umpire is to act as an umpire in a game.As a noun umpire is
the official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.adjudicate
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(Adjudication)Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* arbitrate * decide * settle * resolve * tryDerived terms
* adjudication * adjudicative * adjudicatorumpire
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(wikipedia umpire)Noun
(en noun)- The umpire called the pitch a strike.
- The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
Usage notes
* In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.Verb
(umpir)- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
